Trying to leave the need behind.
I left him
To flutter under my apple-less tree until-
The cats, grinning their toothy grins...brought him to the light of the-
Mid-day sun, which kept his little body warm...attracted-
The flies, that buzzed and smothered...laying their-
Maggot children, whom devoured his ears with their insistent wormy song...till-
Peering from the balcony...I observed-
At long last...that his black feathered wings-
would flutter no more.
To flutter under my apple-less tree until-
The cats, grinning their toothy grins...brought him to the light of the-
Mid-day sun, which kept his little body warm...attracted-
The flies, that buzzed and smothered...laying their-
Maggot children, whom devoured his ears with their insistent wormy song...till-
Peering from the balcony...I observed-
At long last...that his black feathered wings-
would flutter no more.