Tail flails like a whip
almost snaps, pops
Balanced tautly on the high wire
between electrical poles
Black bird dives unexpectedly
straight for the little acrobat
unable to protect himself
without falling to assured death
Another black bird plunges
then another, flaps and pecks
Between attacks, the fuzzy squirrel
teeters farther along on the wire
The crisis travels out of sight
Did I just view a reality show of bullying
or was the victim a dastardly culprit
who robbed a cradle
while the birds sought vengeance
or protected their young?
The viewer must decide
TR
Prose Me 
Feisty blackbirds will attack any perceived threat, any creature that ventures too near their nest. Or maybe the birds were purple martins; I suspect they’d do the same. Life is tough when you’re a bird and eggs sit at the bottom of the food chain. 🙂