Chicken

by Gertrude Stein

CHICKEN.

Pheasant and chicken, chicken is a peculiar third.

CHICKEN.

Alas a dirty word, alas a dirty third alas a dirty third, alas a dirty bird.

CHICKEN.

Alas a doubt in case of more go to say what it is cress. What is it. Mean. Why. Potato. Loaves.

CHICKEN.

Stick stick call then, stick stick sticking, sticking with a chicken. Sticking in a extra succession, sticking in.

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About the Author

Gertrude Stein was an American writer.

Publication Rights

Stein is in the public domain. This poem is from Tender Buttons.

Image

Jang Seung-eop, Chicken on a Rock, c. 1870 (detail).