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a child sees feathers whenever he closes his eyes. later he will see the feathers floating soundlessly through air that doesn't care a bit about the feather's softness. then he will see the dead chicken from which the feathers are plucked & realize he is the chicken, the farmer too who plucks with his gaze fixed on a spider web. the boy is also

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[surrealkitten]

everything was beautiful until the word smacking. i worry too comical. or maybe not. it's a very chickenfat word.

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when i did poultry judging, i specialized in eggs. at team practice we’d sit in the dark for two hours, holding eggs in front of white flames. if the yoke could be seen easily through the shell, bad egg. if the shell was too thick & thus obscured the yoke, bad again. i won first prize.