chickens

as you take
a bite of barbeque
chicken,
you watch
from the window
the chickens penned
in the yard
scratching
at the dirt.
all day
long. doing nothing,
but laying
an occasional
egg, pecking
at the ground
and scratching
at the dirt.
unlike us, they
don't seem
to care too much
for tomorrow.
what a blessing
that must be.