Advice
for mice.
If Lanius excubitor
(the Great Grey Shrike)
should happen to impale you on
a big sharp spike,
it’s really nothing personal:
it just intends to rip
some chunks of flesh from off your bones
and needs a better grip.
They call the shrike the butcher bird
and butchery is harder
if you do it without any knives
and a thornbush for a larder.
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Napowrimo #30: Advice for mice
30 April 2008 – 9:56 pm
Singing Mice
1 November 2005 – 11:46 pm
This is a fabulous story, in the Guardian. Make sure you listen to the samples. The sound of singing mice doesn’t seem to freak out the cat, unlike slowed-down blackbird song. Via Metafilter.
[I couldn't get that blackbird link to work today - I don't know whether it's just a problem with my connection or a [...]