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Iamb Beak Peck Tammy Eater

Every friggin day mother hen runs amuck, while all chicken's beady eyes appear awestruck drawing particular agitation, irritation, perturbation... of Punxsutawney (Doctor) Phil (well grounded) woodchuck, the latter glaring at henpecked yours truly rifled tail feathered rooster, whether communicating nonverbal sympathy towards me, a garden variety Gallus gallus domesticus dumbstruck, who doth make feeble attempt albeit without explaining rhyme or reason poetic, plaintive, pathetic... cluck, regarding doomed pyrrhic victory against incessant cackling more fowl and upset than goosed duck, she that casus belli hideous source feels cooped up bred to lay eggs absent any pleasure to fµç* out her tail feathers fin hushed yoked for sole purpose mutter under beak, what the "huck" subsequently, she takes frustration buzzfeeding me 'bout chained to chicken feed to earn breeder (yours truly) favorable luck yielding "FAKE" farmer Matthew Scott Harris megabuck regarding top quality accolades raves subsequently generate he invariably feels moonstruck matter of fact expanded business necessitating workers to drive state of the art rigorous motortruck the missus decries mistreatment scratching thru mire and muck to fill little beasts in belly, eventually retired, repurposed relieved invariably chef buoy or gull hardy sole destiny, whereby one or another hired hand will gingerly pluck every spruced, primped, groomed... feather in short shrift priming precious helpless creature, (who bemoans lack of state bird status) into slaughterhouse five butchered, filleted (maybe), quartered... routed to household kitchen gamely served at potluck toothpicks applied to teeth loosening gristle unstuck after appetites satiated belt unbuckled years ago purchased before Sears Roebuck shuttered stores, plus bought linens and things comfortable pillow perfect to tuck under drowsy sudden sleepy head unaware coop d'etat mutiny hatched, whereby sly fox weasels him/ herself to guard henhouse finding petrified slack beaked AC/DC powered chicken coop, where prating poultry thunderstruck.

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