I asked AI to write me a poem about chickens, I found it very touching:
Ode to the Backyard Queens
In the hush of dawn they take the stage,
Small queens of coop and wire-bound cage.
With amber eyes and scarlet crowns,
They rule the dust of barnyard towns.
They scratch the earth with patient feet,
Turn hidden worlds in search of treat—
A beetle’s gleam, a fallen seed,
The simple wealth of daily need.
Their gossip hums in cluck and trill,
Soft as rain on window sill.
A feathered parliament convened
Where every crumb is closely screened.
At noon they bask in golden light,
Plumes aglow, a humble sight.
Then sudden—thunder, brief and bright—
A frantic flap of comic flight.
And when at last the daylight thins,
They tuck their beaks beneath their chins.
Dreaming, perhaps, of endless grain
And sun-warmed dust and summer rain.
Oh chickens, plain and yet profound,
You stitch your peace into the ground.
In every egg, in every call,
You offer quiet life to all.