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Jaime Fradera
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since 2000-11-25

Posts 843
Where no tyranny is tolerable

0 posted 2002-03-21 09:19 PM

Chicken

1:
I am at home
And it is night.
Mother is lecturing us about chicken.
She tells me
To stop asking for more servings
Because there isn't any left.
She says that what is left
Will be for me,
the only son.
My little cousin
Plays in the corner with her doll,
Having nothing else to do,
And nothing to eat.

2:
I find Mother
In the kitchen eating chicken.
I think: What? ... leftovers? ...
She brings me a plate of chicken,
Then another, then another ...
I tell her a crumby joke
I overheard while at Loyola,
Where you weren't supposed to eat meat
But did it anyway.
(even though, in Waking Life
I never went to school there,
And I don’t know
If I even spelled Loyola right.)

3:
Eat the chicken,
Even when there isn't any.
And have a good life,
Even if they say you can't.
After all,
That's what the chicken you are eating
Would be thinking.
The way I figure,
There are two choices:
Either you eat the chicken
Or ... ...

4:
When Prince Charles came to south Texas,
They served him some tamales.
Just remember:
You're not supposed to eat the leaves.
For those up on Cape Cod
Who don't know about tamales,
They fall from trees.
(Sorry, Nan, heehee)

Neither here nor there but somewhere in between or maybe nowhere in particular,
Jaime

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2002-03-21 09:20 PM

Jaime, it has been a long time since I last saw an entrance from you! Welcome home! Thank you for the charming read!

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2002-03-21 09:32 PM

ROTFLMAO. LOL, not just once, but over, and over again. Of course, you are the #1 chicken. But then I clucked that tune before, didn't I ? LOL.

Tracey
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since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

3 posted 2002-03-21 10:39 PM

What an interesting metaphor for life this is. We can take what we are given, or we can ask for more, and go get what we want. I don’t know if that’s how you intended it, but that’s how I read it. So good to see you back here Jaime. A big welcome home.

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

4 posted 2002-03-21 10:55 PM

Love the wit and humor in this....
So good to find your name here tonite Jaime!!
Welcome back to Poetry Land

Of all the things in me I could never be,
of the true I kept hidden from view,
the best parts of my heart ...
were the ones touched by you.

jm

SpitFire
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since 2000-04-19

Posts 2396

5 posted 2002-03-21 11:09 PM

~Oh. This is one I will read and read. The tone, fantastic. Enjoyed your words. *Peace.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

6 posted 2002-03-21 11:19 PM

(giggles in delight) YAY!!! Oh my gosh, it is such a delight to see you again, sweet friend, we have all missed you sooooooo much! (big huggssssss) This is an absolutely delightful poem that has me clucking with laughter and teaches us of sharing and the rewards we will earn in return, sweet friend, we all love you so much, I LOVE IT!!! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Jaime, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

7 posted 2002-03-21 11:37 PM

Damn, now I want a chicken sandwich!

Duncan
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since 2001-08-07

Posts 5455

8 posted 2002-03-22 12:58 PM

Eat the chicken,
Even when there isn't any.
And have a good life,
Even if they say you can't.

Ok, read it again, because only I would understand my first response. I have been poor, poor enough to eat mayonnaise sandwiches and pretend they're steak. And that is how I understood this. A picture of hunger, but a life that finds second helpings where there are none. That...I can relate to!

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

9 posted 2002-03-22 01:07 AM

I love chickenchicken but I'm trying to switch to tunafishtunafish...James

RosePetal

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since 2001-08-26

Posts 2985
South Florida

10 posted 2002-03-22 03:08 AM

mmm chicken is good, sweet and sour chicken, chicken parmagian, bbq chicken, etc yummy!
Welcome home jaime, you have been greatly missed my friend

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

11 posted 2002-03-22 03:17 AM

Jaime, this was just so witty, and wise as well. I email it to Nan, they sure go to bed early there! LOL, three hours differnece between there and here, oh well! I see the ISP got a few words from you. Welcome back.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
~* Albert Einstein *~

Nan

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since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA