Bad Egg

Bad Egg

Someone boiled me a bad egg.
It was ominously silent. Didn't say - outright
it was a bad egg. Until the spoon hit the crust
and the aroma hit the fire alarm and set all the sirens
in the whole neighbourhood clanging.
.
I hid the bad egg in a brown bag and buried it
in the dark damp garden next to the cat, where
it still stunk out the area for days and days.
People asked what the smell was - the smell
that drowned out the ordinary.
.
I hid in the cellars, only the smell came in,
I snuck into the lounge. only the cat had come in,
I fled to the attic, where the bats were concerned.
There wasn't a place for me in this whole world...