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The Red Basket

by pain killer

Member since 2004 · Posted 2 Jun 2004 · 8 comments

The lonely lady stood outside the stonewalled cottage plucking damp linen and memories that would never be from a nylon line whilst angry chickens clucked around her feet a childs voice crying in the distance the lady looks around an angry adult admonishing a sharp slap and harsh words heard in the drift over long empty acres then silence the lady turns the linen packed tight in a red plastic basket held close to her breast she steps back slowly towards the door leaving a small embroidered cotton cap on the floor

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[6] horus8 2-Jun-04/1:25 PM Reply
"angry chickens"? Need I say more? 6
[n/a] the codeine kid › horus8 2-Jun-04/1:59 PM Reply
okay...sorry about the "angry chickens" but there are really no other kind..honestly...at least i didn't go for plucking and clucking!
[n/a] pain killer › the codeine kid 2-Jun-04/2:06 PM Reply
okay codeine kid...i claim full responsiblity for the angry chickens, at least you slag me off with a modicum of wit..horus..you don't like my stuff..have you nothing better to do than to hang around poemranker spilling your not very clever bile with all the rest of us sad little people. Can't wait o check out your own stuff..oh i can't wait
[6] horus8 › pain killer 2-Jun-04/2:34 PM Reply
You're funny. Let me get this straight; You're mad because I think you're silly for making THE CHICKENS angry? My friend, I will have you know not only does the thought of an actual chicken becoming angry trouble me... but it strikes me as damn comedy! Rooster, certainly, chickens... nah? Try this google horus8 and then google painkiller and then google "angry chickens", and see if you don't surprise yourself too young man, or should I say, lover.
[6] horus8 › the codeine kid 2-Jun-04/2:36 PM Reply
Starving, sleeping, laying, dying, but not angry. Chickens do only a few things and anger is not one of them. they sleep, fuck, cluck scratch, eat, drink, and shit. You tit.
[n/a] pain killer › horus8 3-Jun-04/9:38 AM Reply
horus you bollox..get over the fuckin' chickens man! ..angry chickens/folded eyes...what's the difference?
you are one insecure pretentious twat...but don't worry...i have better things to do with my time than post over a squillion poems on this site in the hope of impressing my peers...tell me this my good man? have you actually ever had any work published....i bet i know the answer to this already
[8] sliver 2-Jun-04/3:12 PM Reply
How can she be lonely with all these emotional chickens about?
[2] New Life Drug 4-Jun-04/1:03 AM Reply
my mom is scared of chickens chasing after her. She had a bad experience with one quite some time ago.