Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty

hid himself

underneath a chicken:

“I’m far from a wall,

so how can I fall?

I’ll never again be stricken

by sad misfortune

or bad luck;

if I fall from this nest

I’ll get right back up…”

But then something inside of him started to stir —

he had no idea

what was bound to occur

with that chicken on top of him, 

though he knew something odd

was tapping about

right under his fragile skin. 

He had no idea,

not the faintest idea,

of the danger

he was now in. 

And before the poor fellow

could figure it out,

before he could reason

or voice a doubt,

a crack appeared in his neck — 

and he broke apart from within.

Peck peck.