Drafted Rough

The scratch pad has
a scratch. When the cook
goes from scratch,
the chickens get
attached. And then,
named, each claw 
nicks a tooth. Reconsider
the monster. The nomenclature's
stature was long-formed and 
short-clopped. There was a horse
on the sidewalk. Each pine 
holds itself up, right to the light,
winking at the rooftops 
as they slough off the rain.