here's where the story ends

there's been a lot of chick imagery, being springtime and so close to Easter. 'hey luci,' i said, 'when i was a little girl grandma got me two chicks!' she turned from the tv and really started listening. 'grandma stopped by a farm and got chicks for uncle marv, uncle gub, and mommy... they were so cute!' she kept listening. 'they had sharp feet so it hurt when they were on my arm, but they said 'peeek peeek' and were so cute!'

'then what happened mommy?'

'they got big.... and they became roosters!'

'then what mommy?'

(silence)

the untold story: mommy came home from school and grandma and grandpa had made chicken stew. it was so yummy with carrots, potato, and bean thread noodles. then uncle marv, uncle gub and mommy went to play outside. we were hitting the baseball and rounding the bases. first base was the clothesline. second base was a tree stump, which happened to be bloody and have feathers around it today. hmmm. maybe the cat got a bird. third base was a gopher hole. and home base was the patio. hmm.