DEATH OF A HEN

DEATH OF A HEN IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT AFTER A MEAL OF ROAST PHEASANT ACCOMPANIED BY A BOTTLE OF MERLOT.


And so I am here
between
mountain and sea
mussel shells
and oyster shells
and one time
even that lobster thermodor
but last week here it was
all sudden death
and blood
all animal lust
and wanting
over flung pheasant carcasses
a sudden suicide it seemed
but no one heard
that scream
in the dead of night
in the sea storm
as the hen was torn from
her safe bed
from our grasp
and something wicked went
over the hill
dragging a pet
without a look
back
under the growling moon.

14/11/2011
Mark F Chaddock