The Turkey Has Escaped

I am not joking I am not kidding The turkey flew away The big bird was spotted near the lake For heaven's sake The turkey got away While everyone was waiting at the table Everything was cool and stable Until the Meleagris has decided to escape A friend, on his way, called to say that a big one was by the cape This is really embarrassing This is interesting and not amusing My family understands and is not too uptight Or too upset about this event. Maybe the bird was right If you were a turkey, you would have done the same thing So we decided to eat fish instead for the feast of Thanksgiving The lesson to be learned is that there is always an alternative Some birds are aggressive and others are passive This escaped turkey is now in the woods walking tall Happy Thanksgiving Day to all! Copyright © November 2019, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved. Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.