Tremble

Tremble
by Michael R. Burch
 

Her predatory eye,
the single feral iris,
scans.
 

Her raptor beak,
all jagged sharp-edged thrust,
juts.
 

Her hard talon,
clenched in pinched expectation,
waits.
 

Her clipped wings,
preened against reality,
tremble.

Originally published by The Lyric