Ode to Black Lumps in the Yard

[<] [>]  by Sue Bowers[+]

26 August 2012

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Drabble Challenge #44

Prompt: landing

The vultures are landing in the back field, now.

It's only a matter of time...

They come for the deer, of course. We feed whole carcasses to the wolf-mutts, and the leftovers are too much temptation for our feathery black 'mascots' to resist.

They're getting bolder and bolder...encouraged by the wolfdogs' remarkable laziness. The snoozing, meat-drunk, 120-pound canids don't bat an eyelid when the birds land nearby, and brazenly wander within a few feet of them. I'll take that meaty rib, thanks.

For the vultures, this deal is too good to be true.

It's too good to last.

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