pidgie who thinks she’s a chicken
has held center stage here before
today she rose to heights of glory
a squirrel invaded the henhouse he’d
done it before eaten the eggs but not
this time “for,” reported my son-in-law
who came on the scene “he met pidgie
sitting on the hen eggs” (you recall she’s
an ever-hopeful mama) “and pidgie
flew into attack mode, drove the rascal
out” bless you, little pidgie! would we
could reward your bravery with a chick
2020 Jacqueline Jackson
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