Monday, January 30, 2023

A rooster question


Alerted by our cats, 
Who were crouched at the window, hissing, 
We discovered a rooster in our yard yesterday. 
Both our neighbors raise chickens, 
So we assumed he was an escapee, 
 But no; both neighbors said,
 “We don’t keep roosters anymore.
 Perhaps,” they suggested, 
“Someone just dropped him off? 
People leave stuff at the road end all the time.” 
When I looked again after those phone calls, 
He was nowhere to be seen, 
But it did leave me wondering: 
What kind of world is it, 
That we don’t need roosters anymore?

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