Cock A Doodle Do

 
I live on a ranch where everything is free to roam
my feathered friends included
I love to watch them strut and preen
doing lovey courting dances
some of them brightly feathered
the smaller roosters follow the cock of the block
the fiercest rooster among them being boss

they pick out choice grubs
picking all day as long as the sun is up
the hens are kept safe by the cock
who guards against cats and fox

early to rise with a cock a doodle do
and early to roost as the sun kisses the sky adie

my chickens went missing for a day
a weed wacker had scared them to my dismay
they were at my neighbors
my heart swelled with relief when they came home again, to roost

it's a chicken's life here on the ranch
a hippy place of art and plants
tomorrow will be a new day

cock doodle do to you
and good night