Wake-up Call…
Like raindrops falling upon leaves,
A gentle tapping infused the silence
But there was no rain.
The autumnal dropping of seeds perhaps,
Or small stems as beech leaves dropped
From a breeze’s seasonal strain?
A small bird flitted low over the dimming
Ground, a female Blackbird perhaps,
Or a Dunnock scavenging.
The sett however lay still and forbidding
And daylight was fading quickly
For watching any prospective foraging…
Soon though, honking Geese flew overhead
And maybe that was a signal, an alarm clock
For a single badger to emerge.
It did. Immediately. And began to feed
Close to the sett, nervously assessing
The vicinity and the scattered food to purge…
Pete Ray
8th October 2021
Remarkably, I whispered that maybe the honking geese might have been a nocturnal wake-up alarm-call for badgers to emerge and eat.
Within seconds that occurred…
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