A fox in the chicken coop is not good.

The place is quiet everyone is asleep

Food is waiting inside I do know

I begin digging with my paws just so deep

Under the chicken wire in I go.

 

I walk quietly so not to arouse

I am very cunning I will get in some how

I am a fox loose in the hen house

I can hear the chickens panicking now.

 

As I enter the chicken coop the hens are flying

Then as I catch one another fly’s past me

To catch them I was trying

Hard to resist I have to get that one you see.

 

They are making a hell of a sound

Then all is quiet inside

Food is all around

None left alive.

 

So I take my chicken and fled

It’s only a snack

Leaving behind the dead

But with no chickens left I wont be back.

 

In the coop is blood shed

No eggs in the morning time

All the chickens laying dead

As the fox has done his murderous crime.

 

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Comments (13)
  • Goodselfme on Mar 22, 2010

    SAd poem with great imagery.

  • ken bultman on Mar 22, 2010

    Let the hounds loose.

  • ken bultman on Mar 22, 2010

    Turn the hounds loose.

  • wonder on Mar 22, 2010

    So sad, it happens sometimes.

  • Atanacio on Mar 22, 2010

    Sandie it was a treat coming back from a mini vacation and cathcing up on all your entries Thank you

  • Shamyl on Mar 22, 2010

    Sad yet awesome.

  • giftarist on Mar 22, 2010

    That’s sad. Good piece though.

  • R G Lowry on Mar 22, 2010

    My ex housemate had chickens (3 hens and 2 chicks) and a fox slaughtered the whole lot of them one night when she accidently left them out.It was a sad and nasty thing to see. Great imagery, it captures your imagination – another well written piece!

  • fragile18 on Mar 29, 2010

    nice poem!

  • qasimdharamsy on Mar 30, 2010

    Nice one…..

  • inuni on Apr 11, 2010

    good one

  • neha80 on Apr 26, 2010

    Interesting post, just today i know more about it. Good subject selection for writing articles. Thanks for sharing this good one.

    Anjal

  • alexmoore1 on Apr 27, 2010

    having experienced such an attack on my chicken shed i know the feeling

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