<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397422" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A parrot called Chicken</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sits featherless on his stick<br>and his head turns <br>to one side and then the other<br>while he looks at the bright light<br>that gives heat<br>stopping the darkness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Naked of every feather<br>from the one or other <br>incurable disease, <br>which harmed his body<br>and left him<br>like a stripped fledgling, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">sometimes he climbs <br>up and down<br>swift like a small ape<br>to pick up rice<br>and other delicacies</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and still he stays caged in<br>beyond bars<br>that keeps the world outside<br>and folding domed over him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the dogs bark<br>he whistles at them<br>and with time<br>they ignore him, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">but for one<br>that hops up and down, <br>turning his head skew<br>making small crying noises<br>not able to comprehend<br>that the bird<br>is able to talk to him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He is clever enough<br>to identify people<br>by their names<br>and when you walk past<br>to greet<br>until he hears<br>hello chicken, <br>or he will say it to himself<br>or loose his temper<br>and croak screeching<br>to get an answer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=397422" data-title="A parrot called Chicken de Gert Strydom" data-description="He sits featherless on his stick and his head turns to one side and then the other while he looks at the bright light that gives heat stopping the darkness. Naked of every feather from the one or other incurable disease, which harmed his body ..."></div> </div> </div>

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