...clattered into the pane
like a meteorite of feathered rubbing,
beak and claw ensuring
the whole room lifted an inch before rushing to the window,
now flecked with crimson loss and hairline fractures,
a scream trapped tight behind the teeth of a child.
cheers ray! to be called hitchcockian is quite a thing.
In a class of its own Stu for sheer descriptive lines - perfectly captured like a Hitchcock moment.
Ray
cheers both. we have a plague of jackdaws in the village and our house has huge windows. its a match made in heaven (or hell i suppose for the jackdaw)
your final line here is breathtaking.
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Laura Taylor
Thu 5th May 2016 11:28
Ooo this is great too! We once had a gull fly slap bang into our kitchen window, leaving behind a perfect waxy imprint of its whole body, with its head turned to the side. Didn't wash the windows for months after that.
Perfect: the whole room lifted an inch before rushing to the window.
Yes!