Jean Bohuslav
Chicken Feet
sucking on chicken feet as we left the table
she murmured “so sweet”
her eyes never leaving the pile of bones
blood gorging mites living under fowl’s scaly legs
all swollen and knobbly flooded my mind
the day after hospital she was hanging
washing out when christopher the pekin rooster
ran the length of lawn to attack her ankles
my ugg boot intercepted the blighter
sending him flying
i should have been the one with the pegs
next visit when collecting eggs
he attacked with full force
went through my gum boot
in behind the ankle bone with that long spur
had to stop all the flapping to twist it out
kama
just made the drive home after a tetanus shot
passed out crawling up the passage
maybe christopher had the boot a bit too often
weeks later
the seriousness of the phone call was not recognized
if it was
would it have changed anything?
those chicken feet specialities came to an end
many gifts presented themselves in shops
for her at christmas
she would have loved the blue dress
she murmured “so sweet”
her eyes never leaving the pile of bones
blood gorging mites living under fowl’s scaly legs
all swollen and knobbly flooded my mind
the day after hospital she was hanging
washing out when christopher the pekin rooster
ran the length of lawn to attack her ankles
my ugg boot intercepted the blighter
sending him flying
i should have been the one with the pegs
next visit when collecting eggs
he attacked with full force
went through my gum boot
in behind the ankle bone with that long spur
had to stop all the flapping to twist it out
kama
just made the drive home after a tetanus shot
passed out crawling up the passage
maybe christopher had the boot a bit too often
weeks later
the seriousness of the phone call was not recognized
if it was
would it have changed anything?
those chicken feet specialities came to an end
many gifts presented themselves in shops
for her at christmas
she would have loved the blue dress
Biography
Jean Bohuslav enjoys being part of a poetry group living on the Surf Coast of Torquay, Victoria, Australia. She is surprised by what the written word uncovers at times. Jean paints, exhibiting in Regional Victoria and teaches mindfulness philosophy at U3A – (University of the Third Age), an interest which influences all areas of her life. She aims at bringing out her first book of poetry soon.
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