For A F Harrold
If you sit on her, she will hatch.
We are doing this old school -
none of these incubators
with their sterile yellow light
and clacking footsteps that echo
like teaspoons at breakfast.
Once a day, roll her
to stop her yolk from sticking.
Keep her safe from weasels,
badgers, stoats and foxes
by camoflaging her with some dry grass
and a few twigs.
Set up a nightvision camera
for when her shell begins to split.
I like that she is a she. Lovely
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