Oh how I love them chickens <br />Why, they make the world go ‘round <br />I’ve always enjoyed being near <br />The cluck cluck chicken sound <br /> <br />They’re industrious little creatures <br />Constantly busy scratchin’ the ground <br />Ah yes, and then once again you hear <br />That favorite clucking sound <br /> <br />You’ll never find a better friend <br />Than a chicken on the loose <br />He’s very happy to visit with you <br />Much more so than the silly goose <br /> <br />Did you ever sit in the chicken house <br />And just watch their busy day? <br />I have and although it’s stinky <br />They live in an interesting way <br /> <br />Out in the woods of a friend’s house <br />When I was just a little girl back when <br />Chickens roamed and laid their eggs <br />It was like Easter following those hens <br /> <br />We’d raise these furry creatures too <br />Starting from tiny chicks in a box <br />But once they went into the hen house <br />You had to watch for a cunning fox <br /> <br />Hate to mention the day that came along <br />When ma would lop off a few heads <br />YIKES it was an upsetting time for me <br />I’d rather have stayed right in my bed <br /> <br />But crispy home-fried chicken <br />Once the feather’s we’d finished pickin’ <br />Would make us forget all the rest <br />The best part of The World of Chicken!<br /><br />Marilyn Lott<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-world-of-chicken/
