On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:46:49 +0100, Lawrence Upton
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>a brightly-coloured bird
>snaps a reddish spider
>from its web among rotting berries;
>
>the silk is broken, disrupted;
>the food is disabled, squelching
>both sides of a half-closed beak
>
>neither bird nor animal shows emotion
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I've read this a number of times with admiration, Lawrence. Did you
observe the incident or its aftermath? I like the way in which you suggest
that both the arachnid and the bird expired (or will do so), if I'm
reading "squelching/both sides . . ." appropriately. Barry Alpert
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