A Short Sermon on an Obvious Theme

"There is eternal enmity betwixt the kitties and the birds." -- from a silly poem by Rhett Maddox.

A scattering of bird claws and of bones,
Of fuzzy down and feathers --
Memento mori of a mockingbird's
Miscalculation,
Who late in aerobatic glee
Did wildly shriek
And beak mid-air
A juicy wasp,
But now -- cat-struck --
Is strewn across my lawn.

Amidst the fluff and gristle
lies his head.

Ants make a highway
Through his last scream.

-- Warren F. O'Rourke, 1985