Chicken Soup

No not the kind you get from a packet oh no not that kind this one has little bits of chicken in it, with onions you can find I start with chicken base and add fresh grated garlic to it turmuric, black pepper, parsley, and basil just a bit Then I let it simmer for an hour while the vegetables steam and swim and I sing to it with a wispy voice, that little blessed hymn that mama taught me long ago, while making chicken soup; Not the kind that you order in from a store next door this one comes from the pantry shelf and garden herbs galore I start with a clean apron and my hair tied back its bright red with white daises, and a strip of black Then I stew it and stir it with a large wooden spoon then I talk to it, until the hour of noon the way my mama taught me, while making chicken soup; No not the kind you get from a packet, oh no its never store bought its the way my mama showed me, when I was just a tot....