The Pecking Order

If chickens are religious, I just can't see it- When they're hungry, they eat When they're tired, they sleep When they're horny, they lay an egg: They're just not brainy enough to be pretentious And in fact, their style of life seems Entirely natural and not hypocritical at all Therefore I must conclude by Powers of deductive reasoning That chickens do not have a religious Drumstick, thigh, wing, or wishbone Anywhere in their body And they seem the better off for it. When I was young I used to annoy the chickens By preaching sermons to them in the yard Though I did not know their persuasion If they had one or what it might be That is the last proof of their sincerity- They have never held it against me. Besides, all the religion atoms long ago drained Entirely out of my body, so in truth I am very much like a chicken now, myself.