Turkey Poem


          When I was a young turkey,
          new to the coop,
          My big brother Tom
          took me out on the stoop,
          Then he sat me down,
          and he spoke real slow,
          And he told me there was
          something that I just had to know.

          His look and his tone
          I will always remember,
          When he told me of the horrors
          of, well...... Black November!
          Come about August,
          now listen to me,
          Each day you'll get six meals
          instead of your three.
          And soon you'll be thick,
          where once you were thin,
          and you'll grow a big rubbery
          thing under your chin;

          And then one morning,
          when you're warm in your bed,
          In comes the farmer's wife,
          to hack off your head;
          Then she'll pluck out all your
          feathers until you're bald 'n pink,
          And scoop out your insides
          and leave you in the sink;
          And then comes the worst part
          he said not bluffing,
          She'll spread your hind quarters
          and pack your bottom with stuffing!

          Well, the rest of his words
          were too grim to repeat,
          I sat on the stoop like a
          winged piece of meat,
          And decided on the spot
          that to avoid being cooked,
          I'd have to lay low to
          remain overlooked.
          I began a new diet of
          nuts and granola,
          High-roughage salads,
          juice and diet cola;
          And as they ate pastries,
          chocolates and crepes,
          I stayed in my room
          doing Jane Fonda tapes.

          I maintained my weight
          of two pounds and a half,
          And tried not to notice when
          the bigger birds laughed;
          But it was I who was
          laughing, under my breath,
          As they chomped and they
          chewed, ever closer to death.
          And sure enough when
          Black November rolled around,
          I was the last turkey left in
          the Turkey compound;

          So now I'm a pet in the
          farmer's wife's lap;
          I haven't a worry,
          so I eat and I nap.
          She held me today,
          while sewing and humming,
          And smiled at me and said
          "Christmas is coming."


[ Author Unknown -- from Catherine Major, via Tim Davis ]

       

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