<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451078" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Natural History</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lowered eyes, every footfall soundless, <br>bony shoulders rise and fall as pistons<br>And strike! Death is delivered, <br>the quarry stilled in an instant.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jaws clench on feathers, bone and sinew<br>Whiskered muzzle nudges aside the door <br>Huzzar! A gift of feline adoration; <br>You somehow seem to be displeased? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Deep beneath that languid silky coat<br>combed, luxuriant, the colour of disdain, <br>Who cares! Back upright, regal, tail flickers, <br>ears flatten, craving words of praise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here they come, 'Not the budgie! ! ! ! '<br>The chase is on! Feathers, fingers, fur and claw, <br>Outside! The little lifeless scrap of blue retrieved, <br>A reproachful yellow stare fixes you. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Busy Monday morning at Pre-school, <br>The birdcage is returned to the classroom<br>He's green! The children marvel at the bird's new clothes, <br>Amazing how a weekend can renew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Maggie+Munro">Maggie Munro</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=451078" data-title="Natural History de Maggie Munro" data-description="Lowered eyes, every footfall soundless, bony shoulders rise and fall as pistons And strike! Death is delivered, the quarry stilled in an instant. Jaws clench on feathers, bone and sinew Whiskered muzzle nudges aside the door Huzzar! A gift of ..."></div> </div> </div>

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