Wednesday 18 November 2015

Poetry for Chickens Crossing Roads



Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was it to get to the other side?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was it from a fox
He was trying to hide
But
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was he (OK yes Her) running
From a gang of angry men
But then Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was he off to see his mate . . . The broody Hen
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was he scared by the chimes of?
That big clock Big Ben
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Did he have food stashed?
In a Chickens secret den
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was he racing a Speeding Egg
To find out which one would come first
Or had he spotted a pond
And needed to quench a chicken’s terrible thirst
But
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was he Mad
And quite round the Bend
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Was he trying to get to the End
But
But
But
Why did the chicken cross the road?
I don’t think we will never know
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Because it really is time to go


Why did the chicken cross the road?
No that’s it . . . . we have finished now . . . .



Why did the chicken cross the road?
O dear its been eaten

By a Large and hungry Cow

4 comments:

  1. I wonder how many chickens have made it exactly half way across the road but then turned and went back, then mistakenly thought they crossed the road, saw some chickens and told them, "You guys look eXactly like some chicken friends of mine who live on the other side of the road!" And the shocked surprised chickens said, "Really?!?!?!?(in unison) - you look EXACTLY like our adventurous chicken friend named Columbus who just left to go to the other side of the road, so now we, too, must go to the other side of the road to see the other chickens who look just like us, and to get a drink of water because our throats are dry after so many words." And then all the chickens except Columbus ventured out onto the roadway and were immediately ran over by a column of buses. Then Columbus who was secretly a cannibal chicken went out and ate his dead friends. So that is why the chicken halfway crossed the road.

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    1. I was thinking of this as a great kids story up until the bus arrived and Columb-Bus turned Cannibal. But then I though I rather like roast chicken as do most children so maybe its a good children's story because they can say. . . . . it is not our fault the chicken died it was a fiendish chicken mastermind and a bus that are to blame. . . .

      Chickens and Buses have never mixed well. not even a battered bus and a battered chicken.

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    2. Yes, maybe an older childrens story. It would be okay to include pictures, BUT not eveRy scene. There could be a Columbus Chicken logo on the side of the buses in their column.

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    3. I have refined the story with a few new pieces as I have told it to a few people. One thing is the reason Columbus only goes halfway is because he gets distracted by the yellow stripe segment in the middle of the road, examining it closely, and as chickens wander a bit and sporadically turn in a jerking manner, he gets turned about headed in the opposite direction after he gets bored with the stripe, mainly because it is not food. For chickens 'not food' is a key driving force of disinterest.

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