“Threnody”

“Threnody” by M. A. Scott begins:

From osprey’s nest, the young
shriek. The mother

has stopped feeding them
for their own good

(we infer), or she has returned
to her own hunger.

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Also by M. A. Scott at Heron Tree 3 Secrets,” an erasure from Alcott’s Little Women.