An Apology Letter to a Chicken
It is probably too late anyway
I will probably go to hell anyway
But let's recall our brief encounter shall we
In the sunny golden day of May
Here is how you do it, says the biology teacher
Put your thumb and finger under her tiny wings ---
A little closer, that is where the lungs are
And give it a squeeze, quick and firm
And now that her winds are out,
Use the scissors to cut open the skin on the belly
Mind you don't break the tissue between the skin and the organs
You don't want the blood to stain her pretty feathers do you
Now take all the organs out, nice and clean
If you didn't kill her right she might still wake up then
It wouldn't be a pretty picture would it
Waking up and seeing all your organs are gone
I don't quite remember the rest of the procedures
How we take your brain out and stuff you with cottons and
some kinds of preservertives
I do remember we have a whole drawer of glass eyeballs for you
All the different sizes and colors and shades
Tada, we are done! The teacher says
Looks just like she is alive
JUST LIKE ALIVE!
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Look, I was young then
Young and stupid then
I thought by being ruthless and merciless
I could go somewhere and be someone then
So what else can I say
That is the reason you are dead and I am sorry
- Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/12/2004
I like it! - Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/12/2004
Susan, you are the kind of funny. With Ashan I uttered a laugh after reading the poem. But I suggest that in the title the word "Letter" be omitted. It's just "An Apology to a Chicken." - Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/12/2004
Hanson wrote:
Susan, you are the kind of funny. With Ashan I uttered a laugh after reading the poem. But I suggest that in the title the word "Letter" be omitted. It's just "An Apology to a Chicken."
A good suggestion! I once wrote "an eulogy for my car". :)
- Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/12/2004
Hi Ashan, it must be a beautiful car. However, the title of the song should be "A Eulogy...," because their pronuciation actually starts with a consonant, though the "e" of "eu" is a vowel letter. Please look up in a dictionary for the pronuciation of "eulogy."
"人之患在好为人师." 实在不好意思.:)向苏珊和阿姗请罪了. - Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/13/2004
Hanson wrote:
"人之患在好为人师." 实在不好意思.:)向苏珊和阿姗请罪了.
谢了。不用请罪不好意思,咱们三个是一家人-- Susan, Ashan, Hanson 都是 s*n 的名字。 - Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/13/2004
阿姗 wrote:
Hanson wrote:谢了。不用请罪不好意思,咱们三个是一家人-- Susan, Ashan, Hanson 都是 s*n 的名字。
"人之患在好为人师." 实在不好意思.:)向苏珊和阿姗请罪了.
阿姗蛮有大家风范的.那我就认你们两个S*ns作妹子了,如果不嫌弃的话.但你们要小心喽,因为Three S*ns的谐音可是Threesome吆. - Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/13/2004
I am glad you like it, Ashan and Hanson. I was hoping it was more than just a comic piece.
I can't change the title though, because you can't apologize to the chicken because she is already dead. You can write a letter, but you can't deliver the letter of course because since she is dead she's got no address.
- Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/13/2004
不是个搞笑的小诗,隐隐中有很多悔意,很多无奈。我小学中学时,学生物很努力也很优秀,但一天我们解剖小鼠(以前解剖过很多次),我忽然不忍下手,把刀子扔下就跑到教室外面去了。后来我再也不上解剖课了。
Susan wrote:
I am glad you like it, Ashan and Hanson. I was hoping it was more than just a comic piece. - posted on 12/13/2004
A Chicken sacrificed in Science’s name,
Is as happy as one grilled in the BBQ flame.
Necessity, my friend, rules in man’s game
Although we all know that defense is lame.
Creatures dissected in the labs,
Are luckier than the Iraqis killed, but not by stabs,
How many are those? no one can keep on tabs,
All we know out there are a bunch of fabs.
Over a dead chicken some may weep,
In a bath of blood most are asleep.
To those with a heart of a little sheep,
Reaching out far is a gift to keep.
Love springs from our shared sorrow over one chicken,
Peace walks where care flows in a world now grief-stricken.
- posted on 12/13/2004
It is not a comic piece. Actually, it ruined my gleeful mood.:-)
Your piece goes well with Fengzi's. After reading his, your piece could be perceived differently.
Susan wrote:
I am glad you like it, Ashan and Hanson. I was hoping it was more than just a comic piece.
I can't change the title though, because you can't apologize to the chicken because she is already dead. You can write a letter, but you can't deliver the letter of course because since she is dead she's got no address.
- Re: An Apology Letter to a Chickenposted on 12/14/2004
Susan wrote:
I am glad you like it, Ashan and Hanson. I was hoping it was more than just a comic piece.
Yes, it is more than a comic piece. It has enjoyable cruelness and is blended with black humor.
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