I Miss My Maternal Grands

I Miss My Maternal Grands ---------------------------------------- That big red cock with long beard And sturdy limbs Crowed every minute, haha! In loud voice like the growling lion claiming his kingdom . Danced around and romanced and ...! Those dozens of hens dust-bathed In the calm middays in the shady backyard . I leapt in joy...! grandma's permission to open the hen-house's door, and collect the dozens of eggs, In the mornings, at teatime. And as the ducks returned home In long rows in the evenings , All the fowl had a paddy-dinner together, before going to bed: Grandma spilled to her flock, Every sunup and dusk. I miss my maternal grands , loving uncles and aunts . I miss that yard in the shade of walnuts --I spent my childhood .