The annual avian **** storm- troopers and Luftwaffe have attacked allied fortresses of
our smaller
fine feathered friends --

Chickadees,
Finches &
Wrens --

and have taken
many of their strongholds
this spring, here in the
Far North, pillaging needed
and perhaps
unneeded sustenance
from our allies
storehouses, leaving
nothing in their wake
but an avian version
of empty nest syndrome.

These black-clad
Heckle & Jeckle
Grackle Gestapo

think we don't notice their
clever tricks as they
nonchalantly hop
downward from branch
to branch and shuffle
side-ways on our fence,
whistling as they move one
way, but their
manipulating gaze at
food supplies plans
another.

But our smaller, brave fine feathered friends hold their
ground to fight the good
fight of faith, propagating
their species as the
human species also
struggles against
the odds of blind and
partially blind instinct.