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Eggs, Eggs, Eggs

Eggs, Eggs, Eggs

 

 

Happy is the man who finds his place

Beside a waterworks with chickens to tend…tenderly

 

The eggs are warm - three a day even in the wintertime

 

Happy is the dog who gets to race

Around the garden in the late sun….sunnily

 

The eggs for sale - one pound per box in the honesty box please

 

Happy is the shepherd with ruddy face

Whose sheep come by come by…sheepishly

 

The eggs are fried - in the farm café across the field

 

Happy are the pair who can embrace

Up on a hill or on a pillow soft…softly

 

That dog; a chocolate lab,

That didn’t herd the sheep and didn’t guard the eggs

That didn’t come from the farm

That wasn’t on a hill

Is still there now

 

Happy as

The chicken man

The shepherd

And the pair

All come by each other that day

Come by, come by, whistling inside

…and the eggs are in the pair’s kitchen giving happiness in their speckled browness

Bits of straw sticking to the shell.

Zabaglione ►

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Robert Black

Mon 17th Mar 2008 18:49

Clarissa, Mel and Darren - Many thanks for your supportive comments.
To Clarissa I say: It was a beautiful, unexpectedly sunny day and the poem describes a walk in the Derbyshire Dales.

To Mel I say: There is no greater gift I could give so I'm chuffed to bits that a little happiness was spread (the kitchen is a Welsh one BTW).

To Darren I say: I was pleased with the construction too - not unlike (how dare I compare!) Lennon & McCartney's "A Day in the Life" when they fused to songs into one. It does indeed have more than one layer...

Thanks again to all three of you :-) Robert

darren thomas

Mon 17th Mar 2008 12:50

I have to agree Robert. This piece has a unique style and feel to it with, I suspect, more than one layer.

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Mon 17th Mar 2008 10:43

Happy I was...after reading your poem. The sunshine shines through the lines.

Mel

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clarissa mckone

Mon 17th Mar 2008 02:51

HI Robert, This is very nice! Sounds like a great place too.I enjoyed it much!

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