tocreate.net: Chris Sorrenti's Poem: "DOES A CROW KNOW"

A Poem By: Chris Sorrenti

DOES A CROW KNOW?

Does a crow know when it’s old?

zipping across sky
no longer bringing joy
rather nausea
CAW CAW competitions
seeming only a waste of time
difficulty in the dawn
opening its eyes

Does any bird for that matter
realize it’s getting old?

the taste of worms
unexciting - too familiar
wing muscles once limber
now achy - easily strained
joints creaking
as it lands upon a branch
scoffing at the fledglings
strutting their stuff
too much fuss
over the laying of eggs

Link to Chris Sorrenti's website:

http://members.rogers.com/tomcat7/chrisplace/