The Regal Eagle

The Regal Eagle

BY JANE YOLEN

 

The regal eagle sits alone
upon a tree that serves as throne.
But sometimes when the eagle flies
(though this might come as some surprise)
a mob of crows may—wing to wing—
together drive away that king.
Democracy in beak and claw
finds regal eagle’s fatal flaw.
And is that legal? I don’t know.
You’ll have to ask a mobster crow.
Jane Yolen, “The Regal Eagle” from Birds of a Feather. Copyright © 2011 by Jane Yolen. Reprinted by permission of Highlights for Children/Boyds Mills Press.
Source: Birds of a Feather (Wordsong, 2011)