MB Farookh Poet Rhyme

Chicks

Dawn of spring brings chickens in the family way
When humans are busy gazing at the flowers,
The chickens have got their love priorities right
Instead of lazing away life, spend lusty hours

Chicks born in springtime are active healthy and strong
A secret the wise chickens did know all along
Chicks are like cotton cheese balls so cute and cuddly
Unlike grown-up chickens that have bone beaks oblong

They need to be sent away to the meat markets
To be skinned and hung, sad, they have no right to live
Ironically, pampered, such are fluffy chicks
If only feathered two-legged friends could perceive

Beware, chicks are advised not to devour too much
Raised in farms and fattened, injected and treated
If they don't look after themselves they will end up
On the dinner table, spiced and marinated

To look after their weight, if they are to live long
Enough to enjoy life and sing the Chicken Song

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Nancy Kaufman February 26, 2024 at 3:55 AM Hi MB, Your poem on chickens in advance of Easter is very timely here. Too many are still buying baby chicks and rabbits to their little ones. People that raise chickens say that they are intelligent animals. Thanks for bringing the cruelty of the meat markets to light. MB Farookh February 26, 2024 at 10:23 AM Thank you, Nancy, for your appreciation of my work. Honestly, it means a lot to me. Yes, that's the tragic truth.

Andrea Dietrich February 25, 2024 at 5:33 PM Great writing on chicks. Did you ever see the documentary Holy Chicken,? It really shows how the whole chicken industry lies to us MB Farookh February 25, 2024 at 5:48 PM Thank you AD, Am not sure if the Holy Chicken was telecast in India, or I might have missed it if it was. I think it's not just the chicken, a lot of industries related to food lie to us :)

Silent One February 25, 2024 at 10:45 AM This is very creative and a interesting take on the contest... but a reality also.. great flow to your poem and it rhymes very well... MB Farookh February 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM Thank you, Silent. Your appreciation means a lot to me. Blessings to you.

Ink Empress February 25, 2024 at 8:59 AM Sadly so true especially the ending! I found myself in awe of the the rhythm of this poem, so well woven and delivered in such a creative but also movingly meaningful manner! Pleasure reading this! Best wishes if this is for a contest MB Farookh February 25, 2024 at 10:10 AM Thank you, Empress for the wonderful appreciation. Yes, it was for the contest, hence somewhat constrained and straitjacketed, not sure will get a place in the contest :)