bursting out of his feathers, all shoulders and claws, a ball of squawks, fluff and no style. His neck jerks up then shuts like a telescope. A shrug and high dudgeon he sulks and hurrumps. Then up in the air, he leans against the wind describes an elegant arcĀ against the sky. Stephanie Green Note: scorie (Shetlandic): an adolescent herring gull Published in the Edinburgh Review: Wynd, Issue 130: Autumn, 2010 |