Dead deer on the street
Six. Vultures on the roadside.
Not fazed when cars pass
Feed on deer carcass complete
Vultures stay till street is clean
A Tanka Haiku
Five lines 31 syllables
Pattern 5-7-5-7-7
Inspired song
1) The eagle and the hawk John Denver
2) The music in you by John Denver
In Northern California, there’s lots of wild animals with that comes The cleanup crew. Vultures are patient ravenous creatures that fly in groups. They sit in the trees nest on the side of the bank of the road and wait for the animal to die.
They take turns having their full Unphased by passing cars. They fiercely guard their food. Amazingly, the smell of a dead animal is completely gone before they leave. this took two days before they were onto the next meal.