Basalt outcrop roost –
Catching early morning rays –
Scratch feather head crest.
Pack nearby, guts full –
Awareness of a dull pain ~
Tight post-hunt muscles.
Built for exertion –
Relentless ferocity –
Calculating eye.
Warm blood needs feeding –
Imperious: floodplain viewed ~
Movement detected.
Sidling off again…
Beasts of prey are unaware ~
Until we hit them.
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