Chicken Poetry

Two chickens pullin’ on a worm,

     Braced back an’ tuggin’ hard;

Matched ek’el, nip an’ tuck they go

     All roun’ an’ roun’ the yard.

Ol’ hen looks on to see fair play,

     Ol’ ruster cheers ‘em on;

Five minute, six, still tuggin’ hard,

     Battle no nigher won.

A harder pull, worm breaks in two,

     A bump, a gulp an’ squirm;

Good thing I guess fur both the chicks,

     But hard upon the worm.

April 26, 1904