EMPTY NESTERS

when most people say

"we are empty nesters"

they mean their children

have come to age

to leave home for a home of their own

noah is almost 10 years old
 and so that is not our plight

i am referring to our three chickens

they have found a new coop

i am feeling a bit saddened

no more rooster sounds

no more litle eggs

no more little feather dances
and yet i am happy
more room to roam

more natural habitat

more of their own kind
farewell our fine feathered friends