Kauai Jungle Fowl

Kauai Jungle Fowl

Friendly birds on Kauai
If they had chins you
Could chuck them
Doves walk the porch
In case some breakfast or
Lunch made it to the floor
Once in awhile a cardinal
With no church affiliation
Jungle fowl visit as well
In all of their feathered finery
A hen came one time to see
what might be available
And chose the option of
My big toe under the table
Forever removing any possible
Diminution of the old saying
“Hen pecked” and its meaning
As a much more serious business
Than I would ever have imagined
If not for a revery incontestably
Interrupted by a definitive beak