{"sf1_id":1760526,"sf2_id":"dmBpQZK1","title":"On The Grackle Perched","author":"Corvid_Conquest","words":108,"posted_at":"2021-09-06T11:06:00.000Z","tags":["Bird","Experimental","Nature","Poem","Poetry","Texas","Verse","english","grackle","haiku","literature","lyric"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1760526-on-the-grackle-perched","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/dmBpQZK1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/b3/79/b379774d-f67e-488e-a83d-d828878e6302","description":"#4 of Lyric Poetry\n\nHere's a more experimental piece that expands out from the initial haiku.","content":"grackle perched\n\non large jagged stone -\n\nkeeping watch\n\nthe grackle perched upon a jagged stone\n\nobservant of the danger from the throne\n\nthe grackle perched upon a jagged stone\n\nobservant of his cautious needs alone\n\nthe grackle perched upon a jagged stone\n\nobservant of the people's deeds unknown\n\nthe grackle perched upon a jagged stone\n\nobservant of the stranger from his own\n\nthe grackle perched upon a jagged stone -\n\nwho ever knows the cautious woes of birds\n\nwhen people think that nature is absurd\n\nthe grackle perched upon a jagged stone -\n\nwho ever knows the cautious woes of man\n\nwhen birds consider futile civil plans\n\n  \n  \n\n"}