The
Free-range Flock (Special Assortment)
by Jennifer Floyd
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Variegated
speckled chocolate
mocha creamy pale tan
chalky bone white
tinted stone white
olive green and viridian.
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Eggs
I gather from the nest box,
under bushes, inside stalls,
laid by tall hens,
laid by small hens,
with happy clucks and raucous squalls.
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Spangled,
splashed, and penciled pullets
fowls crested, frilled, and muffed,
fuzzy little
five-toed Silkies,
shiny roosters, spurred and ruffed.
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Some
with beards, or barred and booted,
chickens fair, and chickens plain,
some are friendly,
others flighty,
searchers for sprouts, bugs, and grain.
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