The Turkey's Lament (Graphic Photo)
by Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen — Read all 1,670 poems by Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
Hey...you..yeah, you there,
take a look at me, would ya?
Is this the most embarrassing spectacle
you’ve ever seen? Yeah?
Well, now imagine how I feel, jeez...
I don’t know what comes over you humans,
it’s been said around the coop
you guys are really aliens...there are..stories,
like being taken when you’re roosting snug
at night, and you come back...changed,
your top beak, gone, yeah, that’s what I said,
sliced off...oh, sure, I didn’t believe it either,
laughed at my coop-mates...
and now I know, I have been taken...
plucked, head chopped off, innards missing, and,
hey, where are my feet?! Man,
now I have the biggest story of them all,
they’ll all be jealous at the Coop
when I tell them, so...er,
when do I go back?
Erin Moen
11/27/02
Photo by Erin Moen
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
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This is a good one! Perfect for the holidays and filled with things to think about also! I do enjoy your work very much!
Hugs,
Maria
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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