Midnight Banshees
Murder of crows
chase a raider owl
who clutches a black feathered
baby in it’s claws
They howl behind the homes
racing down back streets
Caws want justice while
talons extinguish life!
The Race of the Midnight Banshees;
hunters compete with guardians
Foul eating foul
The fittest, the quickest
will feed-
only defeated by numbers
**Footnote: for months I heard this strange screaming behind my home in the middle of the night. The sound moving down the alleys, through the park and back~ too quick to be human. A local bird lover told me it was crows chasing an owl. The owls feed at night when the crows sleep, stealing the babies out of their nest. Never have I heard such a horrific sound!
shannon p. laws 