Death By Turtle

Is that a rock or head down there?

Death by Turtle

(An Eagles Snack Kills Aeschylus)

With light along the quiet beach receding

Sun and sand sink on obfuscated facts

Great tragedian figures don't live forever in the past

Along the shore where Sicilian eagles lift their wings

To drop turtles from on high to crack a shell wide open

Where Aeschylus walks by

Turtles can not fly

They fall on strangers or someone famous

Perhaps a bald man who writes Greek tragedy

Just another rock according to a hungry eagle

The day goes south and sour for poor Aeschylus

Mundane walks should be as simple as a thought

Without objects falling from the sky on him

How strange is fate, a tragic twist, a comedy

Death by turtle is never kind or even great

But sure is quick

An eagles snack kills poor Aeschylus

The turtle survived but walks with a limp

Slower than usual and it was never taken in for questioning

Poor thing lives with sad memories

We think the eagle quit the hard shell industry

Too many injuries

*Authors note: This happens to be a historical fact. Aeschylus was bludgeoned to death by a turtle dropped from on high by an eagle.

Author's Note

Turtles do not fly