During the spring, they used to come
And I used to find them
Sitting over
The hills and the crags,
The leafless cotton trees
But in bloom,
Perched on the boughs and twigs,
The big-big birds,
A few unable to fly,
perhaps it was the symptom
Which grew in more
And took a heavy toll.
Bijay Kant Dubey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/during-the-spring-they-used-to-come-but-now-vultureless/