Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.145.93.136
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
It all started when I seen an ad for a farm hand Outside a town called nobodyunderstands When I arrived at the farm There was a ticker tape parade and I was handed a brand new box of Lucky Charms I settled in to a room, no a/c just a fan called a breeze box The bathroom had no door which meant no locks Josh Jerkis told me I start in the morn' at the first sign of daylight At 430 am I was awakened to get started, Josh said their chores start while it is still night He tells me to go clean the hen house I tiptoe in as quiet as a mouse I hear a voice say lookie here someone new Then the voice started singing the blues I introduce myself to the voice that was sultry and sweet I was shocked to realize it was one of the hens in her nesty retreat She tells me they are all tired of laying eggs And losing body parts such as thighs and legs She continues to babble on about how at night they all sneak out to peak in a window and watch tv They are okay until they see a commercial about KFC They get as far as It's Finger Lickin' I know all this because I talk to chickens This conversation lingered on She was trying to convince me how their lifestyle was wrong She said the owner grabs a few once a week And looks around and says us humans have gotta eat At this point I was feeling mighty bad When I finished in there I very glad Now it was time for some lunchtime vittles I seen what they were having so I ate just a little What they were eating, caused me to become sickened They were devouring chicken I tell them I can't do this anymore Josh says I know it's a lot of chores It ain't that, it's what you are eating, I can talk to them Josh looks at his wife and tells her to call Sam Soon a paneled van makes its way up the driveway I lost my freedom that day Now I am sitting next to a guy named Horace Blicken All because I talk to chickens
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required