If I had a chicken
Would it look toward the sky?
All the while thinking
Why the hell can I not fly?

If I had a chicken
Would it lay a thousand eggs?
All the while wishing
That it had two faster legs?

If I had a chicken
Would it live inside a coop?
All the while thinking
How it could escape the group.

If I had a chicken
I might love it like a pet,
But it’s much more likely
It would run without its’ head.
29/03/08 ADO

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