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"Vultures" is a poem by Chinua Achebe included in the ''AQA Anthology'' for study at GCSE. ==Text== ''In the greyness ''and drizzle of one despondent ''dawn unstirred by harbingers ''of sunbreak a vulture ''perching high on ''bones of a dead tree ''nestled close to his ''mate his smooth ''bashed-in head, a pebble ''on a stem rooted in ''a dump of gross ''feathers, inclined affectionately ''to hers. Yesterday they picked ''the eyes of a swollen ''corpse in a water-logged ''trench and ate the ''things in its bowel. Full ''gorged they chose their roost ''keeping the hollowed remnant ''in easy range of cold ''telescopic eyes...'' ''Strange ''indeed how love in other ''ways so particular ''will pick a corner ''in that charnel-house ''tidy it and coil up there, perhaps ''even fall asleep - her face ''turned to the wall! ''...Thus the Commandant at Belsen ''Camp going home for ''the day with fumes of ''human roast clinging ''rebelliously to his hairy ''nostrils will stop ''at the wayside sweet-shop ''and pick up a chocolate ''for his tender offspring ''waiting at home for Daddy's ''return...'' ''Praise bounteous ''providence if you will ''that grants even an ogre ''a tiny glow-worm ''tenderness encapsulated ''in icy caverns of a cruel ''heart or else despair ''for in the very germ ''of that kindred love is ''lodged the perpetuity ''of evil.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vultures (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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