Fable

I’m tired of meaning, says the tortoise

to the hare, who agrees. The lions

and crows don’t disagree, and the snake

chimes in: It would be better if we didn’t

have to moonlight as morality lessons.

Exactly, says the chicken. I’d like to let

loose once in a while, I’d like to

stretch my wings, she says. Yes,

says the fox. You should get out

of your pen more, says the fox. You

should let me help, says the fox,

opening the latch to the evening.

It was a fine evening and a fine

conclusion they were coming to,

thought the fox, helping

the chicken out of  her feathers.