52 Short Stories And Poems: More Kay Ryan.
The other day I found a book of poetry at the library. It is The Best American Poetry of 2005 . "Home to Roost" reminds me of a conversation Jake and I had this morning. We were talking about the results of behavior. A person cannot keep doing the wrong thing and not expect negative consequences. We know because it has happened to us. We know because we have observed it in the world around us. It does not always go that way but plenty of times it does. Kay Ryan knows. "Home to Roost" The chickens are circling and blotting out the day. The sun is bright, but the chickens are in the way. Yes, the sky is dark with chickens, dense with them. They turn and then they turn again. These are the chickens you let loose one at a time and small— various breeds. Now they have come home to roost—all the same kind at the same speed.