72 Miles From The Sea

Saturday, 5 August 2023

My Great Aunts cooking was so bad

When we used to eat in her parlour

My Dad told us that Thanksgiving

Was to commemorate Pearl Harbour

When we have Thanksgiving Dinner

And were all seated at the table

The first thing I do is name the Turkey

And make everyone uncomfortable

Although it has become a family tradition

Not everyone over eats on Thanksgiving

And of course I’m referring to the Turkeys

Because they were stuffed in the beginning

My family all told me to stop

Telling Thanksgiving jokes,

But I had to say no, as I wasn’t

One of those “cold turkey” blokes

This year, Mum was determined, for the first time,

To have the happy time the family had lacked

So, when she was preparing the bird for the oven

She stuffed the Turkey with sage, onion and Prozac!

The Thanksgiving Turkey

Risked being stricken

When he crossed the road

To prove he wasn't chicken!

Whitehall Civil Servants took control

Of the Bonfire on that fateful date

One of them struck the match, while

The rest filled forms in triplicate