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sewasham
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since 2006-09-11
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Oklahoma, USA

0 posted 2008-11-25 09:41 AM


Jerky Turkey


Way down there in Texas, near the town of Farmer’s Branch
Lived a poor ole simple farmer who had a turkey ranch
Now the funny thing about it is the fellow couldn’t see
But he could run that turkey ranch as good as you or me

Now everyone should know the turkey is a clever bird
And just before Thanksgiving they would gather for a word
Each year they tried to figure out a way if they were able
To keep themselves from winding up upon the dinner table

Harold was their leader and devised a fool proof plan
To keep each one of them out of the farmer’s cooking pan
They all would act like cattle to avoid that awful fate
Harold was quite sure they wouldn’t wind up on a plate

The day before Thanksgiving all the turkeys young and old
Gathered all together and they mooed like they were told
The farmer as he always did went out into the pen
With axe in hand he planned to bring his turkey dinner in

The mooing of the turkeys had the farmer in a daze
And Harold smiled to himself proud of his wily ways
He strolled up to the farmer mooing like a big smart aleck
The farmer quickly swung around and grabbed him by the neck

The turkeys all did scatter running madly all about
As the farmer took his prisoner and happily walked out
And what happened to old Harold? He cooked up very well
The thing he hadn’t counted on was the farmer’s sense of smell


Happy Thanksgiving!


© Copyright 2008 Stephen E. Washam - All Rights Reserved
Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 posted 2008-11-25 09:54 AM


Yo Sewasham,

This is good work.  The poem and clever picture go well together.

Bobby

Mark Bohannan
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2 posted 2008-11-25 10:20 AM


Tale told in perfect style and flow.  I loved the read and even got one of my daily chuckles at the same time.  Well done.
Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16
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So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2008-11-25 11:37 AM


This is so funny. I'll have to send it to my brother. He worked on a turkey farm for a while when he was young. Picture matches poem perfectly.
                              Ida

amusemi
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4 posted 2008-11-25 08:25 PM


This was great!!! Have to bump it back up to the top...
steavenr
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5 posted 2008-11-25 09:14 PM


cute...it kept me on the hook to the end...never trust turkeys named Harold
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6 posted 2008-11-25 09:25 PM


You know I never saw a "live" turkey before in my life, until I was down visiting Nan in Cape Cod, where the silly things run after cars on the side of the freeway - honest!  

I thought them to be darn stupid until your poem I read,
But your ending proved me right, as Harold ended up dead!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, and thanks for the laugh.


         

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