Thanksgiving 2005

Thanksgiving 2005 There's a nip in the air if the truth be told There's no snow on the grounds But the harvest abounds Lots of pumkin and squash to be had Tomatoes, potatoes and carrots to add Baskets of veggies out on the lawn They'll be there til well after dawn Inside the house the mistress is there With apron on and a net on her hair Getting ready the pots and the pans And making thanksgiving dinner plans Old Tom Turkey is happy as a bird He's roamin' around, guess he hasn't heard Tomorrow he's going to be thankgiving dinner He's going to be a few feathers thinner The day has arrived . The table is set This is going to be a fine dinner, you bet Sweet potatoes, white potatoes and cranberry sauce And a marvelous salad that just needs a toss Around the table with napkins under their chin Everyone ready with forks and a wide grin Ma into the kitchen to bring in the platter Pa ready to carve it but somethin's the matter Under the cover and on the platter is no turkey bird A terrible mistake seems to have occured There flat on the platter is a pizza pie Pa looks at ma and asks why I raised him from an egg. I am his mother I won't eat him and neither will no other Like it or not you'll eat pizza this day And I won't have it any other way So the whole family was very subdued And each one of them knew they were screwed Out side Tom Turkey was one happy bird Knowing that no turkey eating was the word November 10, 2005 ©Copyright All Rights Reserved Lila May Guptill (AKA) Lunaria