What do we do we women
whose little chickies are out
making their own scratch
away from the nest?
We get hot flashes that keep the incubators glowing
but the roosters ain't interested in roosting
which wouldn't be so bad if they
didn't crow \fIall\fR the time
cock-a-doodle-doo at the world
so everyone knows they still have one
even though their peacock pride was never in doubt
We could hang out with the hens
be a flock of dumb clucks
cackle about fowl weather friends and such
but that's a bird brained ambition.
Oh fuck a duck!
We're too old to start again
and too young not to.
We need to stop grousing about our lives
give them a little goose to get them going
take a gander outside
See if the sky is really falling.