Hen House
It's a Hen House, wine bottles always flowing
About their ex-husbands, they are always moaning
It's a Hen House, you know when they start boozing
The ex-husbands will be cruising for a bruising
Bitter and jaded women getting drunk on a Saturday night
They are very angry with their ex-husbands, they just got into a fight
Fighting about all of that ailimony
It's bring your own booze, at the pizzeria restaurant, Tony's
It's a Hen House, wine bottles always flowing
About their ex-husbands, they are always moaning
It's Hen House, you know when they start boozing
The ex-husbands will be cruising for a bruising
They will never leave their one-story town
Gossping about alumni who died and whose wives threw them out
Spreading nasty rumors about the classses best athlete
They are just spreading senseless gossip and being really mean
It's a Hen House, wine bottles are always flowing
About their ex-husbands, they are always moaning
It's a Hen House, you know when they start boozing
The ex-husbands will be cruising for a bruising
Talking nasty on social media about a local business owner
Who they didn't understand as kids but now they bash as they are older
He is not even on this social media platform to defend himself
These town community pages are a Hen House shitshow, much like everything else
It's a Hen House, wine bottles are always flowing
About their ex-husbands, they are always moaning
It's a Hen House, you know when they start boozing
The ex-husbands will be cruising for a bruising
There are so many dirty dishes in that kitchen sink
Add four more wine glasses after you all drink
There are always complaining about their horrible lives
If you had to spend an evening with them, you would want to die
It's a Hen House, wine bottles are always flowing
About their ex-husbands, they are always moaning
It's a Hen House, you know when they start boozing
The ex-husbands will be cruising for a bruising
From Dying On The Inside
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Paul Ryerson
I am a writer who writes poetry & plays. I have also written a short film & I created an animated series on You Tube. Included on Power Poetry are seventy poems from my five poetry collections, Rhymes With A Reason, Too Much Unwanted Noise, Broken and Burned Bridges, Dying On The Inside and Fool’s Gold and Fool’s Paradise
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Concrete autobiographical observation of specific local women and behaviors.
Dense packing of complaints, observations, gossip across compressed narrative scope.
Strongly negative: contempt, bitterness, mockery throughout; hostile tone dominant.
High-intensity vocalization; angry, accusatory voice with sharp declarations.
Approximately 70+ lines; extended narrative form with substantial development.
Metaphor (Hen House) and some personification; mostly declarative/direct language.
Lyric judgment mixed with narrative observation; speaker judges from outside position.
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