Gluttony

Gluttony

Barely off the ground low and too lean 
comes the next black, feathered thing
thin of stature and of long of wing 
hardly moving comes forth Gluttony 

'tis much mistaken and rarely seen
skeletal in figure 
no matter the quantity of flesh it gleans 
striping and pulling 
from it's quarry
His is an insatiable emptiness 
a hunger never swayed 

He hunts for something unfound
such is his doom 
starving while binging 
ever to long
for a nonexistent tomb.

Gluttony is a bird well mocked 
a creature made a fool 
Too quickly he did give his soul 

From him death was docked
what he thought a victory easily won 
A rare and fine jewel 
Gluttony called for pageantry and feasts 

To discover the more he consumed
the more ravenous became the beast. 
if he were a thoughtful bird 
he would have prayed the prayer of the prey 
asking for mercy and a quick release, 
but no Gluttony
He is such an imprudent cur 
he lives an endless, starving day.