It all started when my retired
but not tired old dear father
moved to a nice new neighbourhood,
with only sleep and the weather
to worry about and still feeling
young at heart my sexagenarian father
refused to be turn into "fiddling"
his word, while he's the figure
head of the house. So to gardening
he took, showing he was a rear
breed -old school, for two years he tiol
in his garden making it a rear
success with little harvested of small
fruit, herb, flowers, vegetables and tomatoes.
Everything change one morning in April
A neighbour's **** and two hens
with their chicks turn his garden
into a free buffet eating his plants
with vengeance of a thirst man
in desert that found a stream.
Dad took to using little stone
and stick to try and chase them
away by waving it and making
shoo! sounds the hens who seem
to value their chicks life started staying
away. but it was not so with
the white rooster he was having
None of it to ire my old father
more every morning and at least twice
daily he stand and crow louder
at my dads window and only his.
Being old and full of sleep
this annoyed him, his cosy nice
cat naps was intrude upon, the relationship
between the one feet cantankerous rooster
and father took a dive. To rip
off the **** head and feather
was my father first thought but
we plead that he report the rooster
to it owner, he trace the white
**** owner's house five house away
and found out his kin own it.
we never knew why but up to today
He never reported the **** his
owner, while it got more bold everyday
with it antic. New year's day becomes
what father loved to see more
than any day; for he thinks
the fat cantankerous, son of the air,
in our dialect it translate to a *******;
(he restore to calling names) will be no more
because of the drama unfolding we had
a new year vision for "Bob"
the white feather and red head
rooster.Low and behold cantankerous bob
saw the new year's day in
the usual antic befitting only bob
by coming to my dad window to crow
© A B Faniki All right reserved01/07/2020, part of banal tells coming soon. My real mean New years piem I was on able to post it because it was not finishedon time hope you lije it i will really appreciate any comment (opinion) on this