Inktober 2022 Day19 The Roman Hen

A wacky one this morning!

 

This used to be a Villa

There’s mosaics on the floor

But now they’ve gone and upped and left

There’s no one here no more

 

The Villa was spectacular

With olive trees and wine

It really was the bee’s knees

Particularly fine

 

The statues now are in decay

The marble’s in decline

There’s no one living here at all

The Villa now is mine

 

I’m a rare exotic chicken

A hen of highest class

I can scratch around the hypocaust

As it’s filling up with grass

 

I’ll pretend I’m a Centurian

With cohorts to direct

And if they misbehave themselves

They’ll find they are Henpecked!

 

Done