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Updated version 1.3.22 : Inspired by childhood and written to escape a crazy world for an hour or two... here's my crazy chicken poem for kids:
Chicken Licken’s Chicken Shop
Chicken Licken’s Chicken Shop
is where the hungry chickens stop
Chickens leave The Chicken Club
and rush to get their chicken grub
Chickens flap, “We need to eat!”
and hiccup down to Chicken Street
Hen night parties chuckle-chirp
through clouds of cock-a-doodle-burp
Chickens karaoke-cluck
and banter with a brood of ducks
Chickens drawl and chickens sprawl
A clutch of headless chickens brawl
Chickens stumble, chickens flop
on Chicken Licken’s counter top
Chickens order just one meal:
The Foxy Loxy bucket deal
Foxy tails, southern fried
with foxy popcorn on the side.
Foxy Loxy battered lips
with Chicken Licken's special dips.
Mark Bird
First version
Chicken Licken’s Chicken Shop
"Chicken Licken’s Chicken Shop"
is where the hungry chickens stop
when they’ve been The Chicken Club
or had a cock fight down the pub
Chickens hiccup, order hoarse:
“A human toe kebab, no sauce;
people nuggets; bogey dip;
a side of faces, extra lip.”
Mark Bird
Photo by Sahand Babali on Unsplash