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 Consuming Tradition

U.S. Thanksgiving Day oft said

To be turkey day and this bird

Gets this acclaim by being dead,

And feasted upon is assured.

Off with the head and feathers too.

Out with the innards, guts and stuff.

In a cooker, cooking to do

Till safe for humans, cooked enough.

Any turkey that does survive

This November day and still lives

Is just lucky to be alive,

And some gobbles of thanks it gives.

Sometime, somewhere a world does be,

A human carved by a turkey.