Hawke Drops Puppy From The Sky Poem by Adriana Wood

Hawk, menacing black V,
Soars higher in the sky, black shape dangling in talons.
Black squiggle wiggles and squeals,
Dragging bird down, nearer ground, .
Shape shifting to a puppy,
seized by talons of a bird of prey,
From the rubbish tip where he'd been at play,
Rolling in grease a café threw away.
One final desperate slippery squirm and he falls free,
Plummeting to ground like a rubber ball, bouncing as he lands.
The angry predator, flapping wings, soars away
In search of easier prey.
An amazed young girl,
Senses in a whirl,
Cuddles the yelping puppy from the skies,
Giving thanks to god for her gift from above.
(17 May 2012)