Seagulls....(edited)

[Magpie]

Thanks Heslopian for your kind words and observations. I was quite surprised to see this post on the board when I logged in. I had consigned it to the scrap heap because it seemed to be one of those poems that was going to sink without a trace or a single comment, so your gift of resurrection is a bonus indeed.
I sort of rushed this poem just so that I had new material to be able to post and I still have no idea what I was thinking of, It's a bit "proper mental" as they say in my neck of the woods. It ends a bit weakly, I wish now that I had kept it as a comedy poem.
I didn't intend the "crow" verse to sound like Ted Hughes "Crow" and until you pointed it out I never realised, but your right it does have that feel about it with lines like "Crow antagonises" and "Crow gloats", I'd love to say that I did that on purpose as a reference, but I'd be lying, just pure fluke.
The reason for the capitals on Crow, Hawk and Bird of Prey was to make seagulls inferior in the context of the poem, but perhaps it was a bit confusing.
I'll never write anything like this again I don't think, but now looking at it, it seems fun.
I'm glad it made you smile.
Thanks once again.
AR