The Fiscal-Shrike (Free Verse Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

The grey and black bird calls out its warning
and on the thorns of the wire hangs its prey
where its black tail does constantly bounce up and down,
with a twittering other birds do join it
being afraid that he will catch their little ones
and I wonder why its booty hangs in rows
and sly and cunning the big housecat sneaks
where it is longing for bird-meat
but all of the birds are aware of the bigger danger
and from the fence the shrike stares at the cat
where it looks at him with distrust,
are afraid that it will eat its prey
but it's not on him that the black and white cat does have its attention
and the shrike does continue with its hanging work.

© Gert Strydom