<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=495914" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>This Afternoon While Relaxing At The Porch</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">i see a little bird<br>coming out<br>from its nest</div><div style="margin:10px 0">a fledgling</div><div style="margin:10px 0">wanting to fly<br>testing the power<br>of its young wings<br>flapping<br>and flapping<br>feeling<br>the wind<br>keeping</div><div style="margin:10px 0">it does not manage<br>after a brief stint</div><div style="margin:10px 0">it falls on the ground<br>now limping &<br>limping</div><div style="margin:10px 0">mother-bird tries<br>to rescue<br>diving<br>wanting to save<br>the <br>fledgling</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>but to no avail</div><div style="margin:10px 0">she cannot carry <br>it back <br>high on that tree</div><div style="margin:10px 0">it is heavy</div><div style="margin:10px 0">a cat<br>comes along the way<br>and swallows<br>little birdie<br>for dinner</div><div style="margin:10px 0">predator-prey -world<br>this is</div><div style="margin:10px 0">nothing sentimental<br>nothing personal<br>just a matter of survival</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</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=495914" data-title="This Afternoon While Relaxing At The Porch de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="i see a little bird coming out from its nest a fledgling wanting to fly testing the power of its young wings flapping and flapping feeling the wind keeping it does not manage after a brief stint it falls on the ground now limping & limping mo..."></div> </div> </div>

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