roam

. . .Chickens were very common in early Plymouth and quite probably were brought on the Mayflower. The Dorking breed, still around today as a historic breed, actually originates from the home parish of Mayflower passengers William Mullins and Peter Browne. . .

– www.mayflowerhistory.com

the chickens roamed

the open land and fed

till grandma reached

neath nestled hens

to draw them out,

those eggs,

speckled and warm -

i’ve never tasted better,

and i’ve searched for them,

o beautiful, for spacious skies,

for years-gone eggs,

always and never real,

golden yolk and nostalgia to

scramble in my skillet