Last Rites

My wife always hated holiday feasts
It seemed every year her hatred increased
   This year she stuffed the turkey
   With hard sticks of beef jerky
And smiled when my relatives called the priest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Callus Avatar
December 22, 2020 at 1:30 PM
Oh dear...hatred of feasts appears to have gone too far :) Let's blame it on the covid :) Regards // paul
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December 22, 2020 at 2:30 AM
I hope the turkey was deceased before she done that lol. Tom
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