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Author: Maya Khankhoje
Contact: khankhoje@sprint.ca
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Killer in the Night
i waited for you
through the empty night
holding my gun
with trembling hands
wanting to kill you
a limb for a limb
a life for a life
for you were cruel
an invisible enemy
stalking the coop
pulling random legs
off random chickens
cackling in the dark
i had to kill you
before you maimed
and mutilated
my rhode islands
and my leghorns
who laid lovely
oval eggs
for countless
spanish omelets
and their lives
for one glorious
chicken fricassee
i had to stop you
from getting there
before i did
with my sharp and
special clippers
that fit snug and tight
into their beaks
underneath the palate
disconnecting
their stupid brains
from their
quivering bodies
i had to pull
the trigger
because the sight
of hobbling
legless birds
upset the brooders
and spoilt
my breakfast
besides
bile-tainted flesh
does not sell well
i steadied the gun
against my shoulder
meaning to aim
right between
your eyes
and there you were
holding your
golden titian silky head
high and still
challenging me
with those sharp
black eyes
which in people
are known as foxy
as if to say
kill me
if you dare
i tried to align
the tip of my gun
with the tip
of your nose
as it is done
in the movies
and pull
the trigger
which refused
to budge
i had to kill you
but the vision
which flashed
before my eyes
of a wild and
glorious creature
catching for dinner
in one swift swoop
of her powerful jaw
a sleeping hen
under a fragrant
frangipani bush
in that mythical land
once upon a time
known
as the wilderness
disrupted
my line of sight
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