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Weekly Contest #43
As a bolt of lightning struck its final blow unto a tree in Manhattan, Poe whizzed through the air to escape his nest just in time. The strike tore into his home of twigs and sticks and split the birch tree it was nestled on cleanly in half. Poe whistled a sigh of relief through his beak and soared higher into the sky. Well, he considered, at least a storm means fresh meat! He wasn't even thinking about the fact that his home had just been destroyed (birds tend to be very single-minded). He circled down toward Central Park and landed gently ...
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