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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2003-09-29 11:57 AM

[Fortuna was the Roman Goddess of good fortune and happiness. On certain lucky people of her choice she bestowed large fortunes. However, on those that had fallen from her grace she bestowed poverty. Fortuna was also regarded as the Goddess of chance.]

Chicken Drop

Cease the tears and tales of woe--
Let my sorrowed heart have rest!
I found a game that I can win--
oh-how-lucky can I get?

Just a simple game of chance--
oh I won the lottery--
watch a well-fed chicken dance
Fortuna finally smiled on me.

Before my disbelieving eyes
on my lucky number square--
that chicken did what chickens "do"
(and no, she didn't lay egg there)

I won--I WON--I can't believe--
(the chicken? She was quite relieved.)
I proudly held my ticket high--
eager me in claim of prize.

"The money is all yours," they said.
"But first you have to clean the mess."
Paper towels and windex--
Fortuna wickedly laughed last.

* * *

A memory from sparked by Tim's Poultry in Motion--and for those who don't know what sort of game "chicken drop" is, here's a link:

http://www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/photos/616.html

They used to be held every Wednesday night at one of my old stomping grounds, Carrollton Station.

http://www.carrolltonstation.com/about_carrollton_station.htm

Paul Wilson

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1 posted 2003-09-29 12:05 PM

Serenity...Damn for a minute there I thought you really won the lottery and I had a rich friend. LOL. Enjoyed the humor.
Thanks for sharing. Your links don't work, I would love to know what a chicken drop is if you can fix them...Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

SharaRose
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since 2003-07-19

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Somewhere out there~

2 posted 2003-09-29 12:11 PM

hahahaa I read the rules, and saw the pic of the chicken drop...funny one!! I just hope they are never hurt, or anything mean to them. Maybe lunch would be their worst end, let's hope.

Love,
Shara~

Of sound, and speech let all lift the hearer!

Susan Caldwell
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since 2002-12-27

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3 posted 2003-09-29 12:16 PM

"Fortuna wickedly laughed last"

So that is who I have been hearing...

Chicken Dance? brings back a drunk memory..lol

Sunshine

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4 posted 2003-09-29 12:19 PM

A little lesson
a wee bit of poetry
a smile...

and a dance!

Enchantress
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Canada eh.

5 posted 2003-09-29 12:24 PM

Now I must go see the related poem.
I thought this had something to do with the chicken dance.

Good thing you added the meaning...
Love ya lady!
~Hugs~

~ I love your glances meeting mine
across forever or the room ~

Mysteria

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6 posted 2003-09-29 12:58 PM

You have NO idea what is going through my mind - but you will... LOL, oh brother! Check your email.

serenity blaze
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7 posted 2003-09-29 01:03 PM

and Sharon? I'm not sure where? But that should be posted...LMAO!

oh my.......

we DO keep ourselves amused, don't we?

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...sigh...Okay. *ahem* giggle. choke. Sputter.

I gotta go clean up. AH HAHAHAHAHA...

Mysteria

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British Columbia, Canada

8 posted 2003-09-29 05:03 PM

No way am I letting this "egg" drop! No way! Yuck, yuck, chortle, chortle, snort, snort

I Stand Up And Fight For Widdle Chickens - Yes I Do!

Dark Angel
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since 1999-08-04

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9 posted 2003-09-29 05:18 PM

Oh My..heheh Love it.

you crack-me-up Luscious.

M

fate is not just
whose cooking smells good
but which way the wind blows

(Ani DiFranco)

Poet deVine

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10 posted 2003-09-29 07:24 PM

As a collector of the graceful(?) chicken I hope no chickens were hurt in the execution(wrong choice of words)of this poem!

Tim
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11 posted 2003-09-29 07:28 PM

heck fire, we call it heifer bingo up here and you need something a lot bigger than a paper towel... (if it covers more than one number, which is often, you have to weigh to determine on which square the most landed)
And some folks say us Kansans don't know how to have a good time...

serenity blaze
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12 posted 2003-09-29 08:37 PM

smile. Tim?

That's the second time today you made me *wince*.

Um...I hesitate to ask...but are the pre-game rituals the same?

(I'm trying to picture ya blowing on a heifer's butt.)

yikes.

My mind is WAY too visual.

giggles and grimace

vlraynes
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Somewhere... out there...

13 posted 2003-09-30 12:30 PM

LOL...you know I LOVE this...

I knew it was just a matter of time
before I saw this poem...grin.

Smiling at you...thanks for the chuckle...
I needed that...smile

Love ya, lady...
When the power of love overcomes the
love of power the world will know peace.
-Jimi Hendrix

littlewing
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14 posted 2003-10-01 10:10 AM

K:

I was just told of this and LMAO
I said huh? the NO State Lottery
what? no scratch offs?
(I slay me)
Made me smile . . .
thank you
xxoo

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