POP QUIZ, HOTSHOT:

What is this?

A) a piece of Greek salad 

that Chicken referred to as crunchy spinach, 

licked, 

and then declared 

"huh! Pretty tasty, 

but I prefer the bell peppers."

B) a blankey 

that Chicken lay 

ever-so-tenderly 

atop the slumbering form 

of his new best friend, 

a pitted Kalamata olive named 

Little Olive.

C) 4 days old, 

in a tupperware in my fridge, 

labeled 

"LITTLE OLIVE & BLANKEY 

DO NOT THROW AWAY" 

because Chicken wants to sit next to his new best friend 

every night at dinner.

D) All of the above.