A quivering egg rolls over
Warmed to life in incubator
Life attempts to break free
From a sac of yolk into a world of smoke
A sharp pip
A piercing peck
Break the shell
Breathing bubble explodes into ocean of life
Innocent life peeps out
From a broken home
Twitches it\'s legs
Walks out into the world
Robust pecking beak
Meets a human hand
Imprinted in chick for life
Is to follow its fosterer
Fed to enliven
Or fed to fatten
Ball of feather plumps out
Into ball of fat
The chicken cajoles
Warm human hands
That caress it
Until they wring its neck