The Egg

I’d thought that they were extinct until

I found one in the coop,

A genuine Jersey Giant, strutting

Up on the henhouse roof,

Twice the size of the other hens

As I said to my sister, Faye,

‘Where did it come from?’ She replied,

‘Not there yesterday!’

 

‘I go to collect the eggs each day,

Do you think that could be missed?

That bird is a giant,’ she declared,

‘So don’t blame me, desist!’

I calmed her down, for she used to flare

At the slightest hint of crit.,

‘Whatever it is, it’s here to stay,

Perhaps we can breed from it?’

 

There wasn’t a cockerel near the size

Of this random Jersey Black,

‘It must have come visiting overnight,

I joked, ‘from a neighbour’s shack.’

She wandered into the henhouse and

From behind an empty keg,

She said, ‘You’d better come look at this,’

And showed me a giant egg.

 

An egg so big that you wouldn’t think

That a chicken could let it pass,

Tall and brown with a pointed crown

And a shell as thick as glass,

‘Are we going to let it hatch it out,’

Said Faye, ‘or crack it yet?

I wonder how many that would feed

As a giant omelette?’

 

‘We’ll leave her be, and we’ll wait and see

If a monster’s there inside,

We might as well, if a cockerel

It can be the henhouse pride.’

So we let her sit on the giant egg

For a week, or maybe more,

Then Faye came running inside one day,

‘You’ve not seen this before!’

 

The egg emitted a humming noise

And rocked a bit on its base,

While through the shell there were coloured lights

That would fade then grow apace,

And as we stood it began to crack

Then pieces would fall away,

It almost gave me a heart attack

For what I saw that day.

 

For spinning inside the egg we saw

A tiny universe,

With a sun-like star at the centre and

Our planets, in reverse,

And as we watched it began to grow

To float out the henhouse door,

Swelling constantly as it rose

To the skies, with a mighty roar.

 

I don’t know what it has done to us,

The sky doesn’t look the same,

There are three moons now in the evening sky

Since the Jersey rooster came,

I lopped the chicken that laid the egg

And I wait for the slightest sight,

With an axe for the Jersey cockerel

That Faye prays to at night.

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Vishuddha]

So, of course, the egg came first because you can't have a chicken without a solar system to put it in. As for the rooster, can't be found. Just like a man. Never around when you need them. Of course, the chicken was already there because somebody had to sit on the egg. That's just common sense. So put that in your omelette and smoke it!

[Frozen Eyes]

The egg gave birth to a galaxy thats an interesting theory. you always keep surprising me.
Thankfully the omelette wasnt made or all that speculation would have ended.
I like the way you symbolized. thank U for sharing :)

[Angi]

What came first? The (giant) chicken or the Big Bang Theory?

You always surprise in the end, David. This was a doozy! Galaxies and all. Nice work once again, sir. Angi~

[Marie]

That makes me think of a new Genesis story...the universe hatched from a giant egg...

Oh wait, that isn't n at all...

[Tate Morgan]

Oh David you do go on with that imagination . This is one of the most creative i have seen of yours ever

[Bright Ocean Star]

What a great story, David. This one surprised me from left field. Did not expect the outer planetary references in a henhouse. Great writing!

[Leviathus Fortes]

Always a delight, Sir. Always.

[MomzillaNC]

Three moons? Whatever would that do to surfing? This one is yet another great tale from you.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha always a delight to read your poetry .. i am sure that universes are formed in just such a way .. and those that combine ... well ... it holds with evolution perhaps .. great read this morning .. glad i did not miss it
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[Barbz]

Though I enjoyed, as fantasy, this universe changing egg. Larger than the usual, and found behind the keg. This egg was huge, not usual gathered from the pen, blame it on huge black, A Doodle-Do, escaped from other men. Now when I shop provisions, and eggs of larger size, I'll now select the smaller ones, thus, avoiding a surprise . Very amusing David......more, TY, Barbz