Predatory Slammer…
It was a pesky little varmint, pied,
Compact, watchful, its black bill
A stiletto, primed, as it lingered
Upon a worn, metal rail.
Keen eyes scanned the murky river
Until the poised kingfisher was alerted
To its prey and with a sudden plunge, alighted
From its perch and arrowed into the Nile’s gloom…
The catch was clasped side to side
Of its wrenched wide beak, a kill
Not yet killed, a small bird encumbered
By a thrashing fish’s head and tail.
To quell the fish’s struggle and quiver,
The mottled predator soon asserted
Its dominance by body-slamming its blighted
Meal, turned it, swallowed it whole and confirmed its doom…
Pete Ray
24th November 2025…
A pied kingfisher entertains upon a jetty in Luxor, Egypt…
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