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The enflamed battered chicken song
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Why did the chicken cross the road?
'Haps to alleviate its battered load
In the mouth of a horny toad
God, I love the countryside.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To escape the fry that mocked its sleep
Making unborn chickadees go "peep-peep"
The sizzle, the crackle. The fear it reaped!
God, how I love the countryside.
Now that the chicken has crossed the road
There will be no applesauce in outerspace
There will be no pork chop mattresses
There will be only war, death, Internet
Suicides, dog leg lefts, and fire on Church St.
God, he made the countryside,
He made the country sigh.
God, he made the chicken song.
He took the Brits from Hong Kong
God, I hate the chicken song.
Now, It's almost time that we put our chickens down.
And SHAKE N BAKE, SHAKE N BAKE, SHAKE N BAKE around.
God, I love the countryside,
God, I love Nick Drake.
God, he made the peasant's rake
God, he made me beat my chicken.
To death again.
Author notes
Written December 6th, 2003
In a list
A contest entry
- AlMoSt AnYtHiNg!~! by Not-The-Sun.
400 points, ended September 28, 2005, 64 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Huh?? I totally dont get this! Love the portion the internet and fire on Church St. You're right, the world is becoming something close to that. My vision of hell, but there you go...I love the countryside.
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good write and danged chicken ya can't beat em join um..lol nice poem/write thank you for sharing..Linda
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Ah, a twist at the end . . . a pleasant one at that.
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this is a good write. A little confusing, but still good. Keep up the good work!
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nice
ya nick drake
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this was so cute and funny, I laughed through the whole thing! Very, very funny stuff... Stacey...
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UGH! freezedried KFC ya later! not only was this prefabricated, processed, frozen, knock=kneed, and battered..
well anyway you get the idea..
sj -
this song is slightly disturbing but then again, everyone in this world is (especially me) so job well done on making me wonder...Now the question won't lieave my mind: Why DID the chicken cross the road? (it probably saw bush) i don't know don't mind me. I just love commenting on anything and everything. well now that you killed a chicken AGAIN maybe i should stop wondering about them chickens. Cruel humor works all the time. sure works in this poem...k i'll stop babbling before I become your next victim...save a chicken, kill me! maybe i shouldn't have said that. k sorry i'll stop now. *slaps self*
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Chickens are part of the world domination conspiracy.
I believe God is really a chicken
And therefore I am doomed
(because I eat chicken often).
I was amused. Slightly Confused,
but amused. Fun read, even though my teeth hurt.
Ciao,
~Tal~ -
*gasps* poor chicken! You murderer! I am ashamed! Wait... there were Brits in Hong Kong? Since when? I think you're lying to me. LIES! ALL LIES! Why did the chicken cross the road? To die... in the rain... alone. I love you! You make my life worth living! Just don't kill anymore chickens (unless they're rabid, then they'd be useless, and you could give me their dead bodies so that I could bury them in my backyard, I'm starting a collection, you know). Toodle-loo my precious peach!
~Shanna Banana -
Waiter...ill have the chicken. again and again
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The enflamed chicken song... It is has appeal, what can I say.
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i have just been to jewellry making class and made a silver ring. i made it a bit larger than it shoould be cos i like my ring to be loose.
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It all made absolute sense except for that Nick Drake line; but if he starts do commercials for chick-fillet or the colonel I'll retract my statement and cross the road before shitting on any amphibians (I normally just go in my yard).
Brian -
It was a little confusing, until the "beats my chicken" part. That was the only thing that I actually understood. This is a good write. Keep it up.
~chris -
lol very funny im scared of chickens lol 4real which makes me a chicken chicken?lol i dont know but great write
NeNeGiRl
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ahahaha! this is the best thing EVER! it's so genius! ahaha...made my day..and year...best thing ever ! hurrai for chickens! i especailly loved the title
thanks so much for entering and good luck
gina -
nick drake? nick drake? nick drake? nick drake? nick drake?
there's actually another person on this site who knows who nick drake is??? have written two "poems" about him....and the only comments i get are "huh?"
oops...sorry...got carried away...
chicken song...would that be saddam's theme song now?
no?
hmmmm....
w's?
more likely...
this would have been a great addition to longroadhome's
weird category contest!
nick drake, huh...may have to read some more...
~liz -
hhhmmm maybe.... could just be the chickens
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There is no political point. Other then politicians are a bunch of chickens and so is the majoritty of people on this planet that are permanently positioned on SUPREME stupid.
Edited on Mar 13, 3:28 p.m. because ''. -
http://allpoetry.com/Poem/533835
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good word play & imagery
I don't get the political point of this - which I'm sure will earn me diatribes from you, sweets. I did enjoy the wonderfully intriguing poetic imagery, and your sense of humor in this piece however. I suppose I'm in good (if common) company in enjoying the words without fully understanding them. After all, I didn't know until relatively recently where "Ring-Around-the-Rosey" came from (thank God!)
Thanks for sharing this very intriguing poem. 
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this was a tiny bit confusing...but I think I understand it... ...unless the poem is purposely confusing me so that it turns out this is actually about chickens and they're trying to confuse everyone so they can escape?! ...but it isn't, is it? well since it isn't, great poem...you aren't screaming out whatever thing you hate and adding a few lines of "f^k...damn...f^k...sh^t...a-hole..." beneath it...why do you add * when people know what the swears are?? oooh...sry got off topic...I keep doing that...but great poem and I'll shut up and just say I really liked it...even if it is a bit confusing to the dumb ones like me
~colleen~
Edited on Mar 13, 3:03 p.m. because 'I forgot I had prefered membership...stuff go weird!!'.
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I'm sorry I wasted your points, I feel obligated to comment. But this does go over my head. I did like the two lines with he made the country side, and he made the country sigh. I know this is probably a great poem for the category it's supposed to be in, but I'm not too up on political statements. Thank you for sharing this.
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Maybe your impending loneliness and death is impeding on your sense of humour?
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::also scatches head:: i dont get it
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Tounge in cheek!! and full of acidic satire..at least it certainly reads that way to me.. I enjoyed the 'ride through the countryside'... and the way that things were touched upon but not blatantly 'screamed'. I am a great fan of writes that have that ..slight hint of vinegar..
Well done.
~~whims -
Yeah but that ruins all my fun......
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I believe this poem to have very little to do with chickens. It's a political piece. lol.
Edited on Dec 06, 8:02 p.m. because 'typo'. -
:: scratches head :: You really dont like chickens.......
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