chicken dinner

how many chickens
there must be in the world.
how many eggs,
you can almost hear the roar
of clucking,
the scratching,
free ranged or caged,
the roosters crowing.
eggs rolling
and breaking open
with more.
we are living in a deep
fried world
of chickens.
hens, roasters, pieces.
you can hardly drive a mile
without putting your
hands on
a chicken leg
or wing.
dark or white meat.
oven baked or grilled,
barbequed.
buffaloed and blue cheesed.
chickens are falling from
the sky.
they are filling the warehouses
of the world
with their fat
white feathered bodies.
they are marching in numb
lockstep towards
the ovens.
hardly a day goes
by when you aren't offered
a chicken dinner
and an order
of fries.