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Run You Turkeys, Run

Turkeys have all been running like hell Afraid for their very lives A dangerous time of the year for them Sure not very nice of us guys They've all got wives and kiddies at home With a loaded to the top Visa card Soon gonna get their head above water Now this, life is so hard I'm cheering for the turkeys, I am, I am Deserve a much better fate Like you and me, just trying to get along Run, run for the farmer's gate For those that make it, Christmas is next Maybe travel to another country Where chickens and cows and fish are eaten They'd be then able to roam free Run you turkeys, run! © Jack Ellison 2013

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Gwen Benita Mason Gibbs

Date: 10/20/2013 9:01:00 AM

I Know it's ashame for the Turkey's, but they taste so darn good.

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/20/2013 9:21:00 AM

Yum yum yum... I'm Canadian and our Thanksgiving was last Sunday! Hence the poem... LOL xoxox

Donna Jones

Date: 10/17/2013 6:51:00 PM

Peanut butter and jelly? Yikes.....no way....turkey and all the dressing and cranberries and pie I can eat!!!!!....cute poem though......go turkeys while you can.......

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/17/2013 7:08:00 PM

Our Thanksgiving just ended but yours has got another month or so! So those turkeys down there have extra warning... run like hell youse guys!!!! Thank you Donna dear Donna xoxoxoxox

Lucilla Carrillo

Date: 10/16/2013 10:45:00 AM

With Thanksgiving comming up this is a good poem. I do feel sorry for the turkeys, but they tase so good at least once a year. Do you eat Turkey? Let me know. I hope so - that way I won't feel so bad when I eat it.... Lucilla

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/16/2013 12:39:00 PM

Up here in Canada, we just had our Thanksgiving last weekend! Didn't have a traditional turkey dinner though... too many calories! Had peanut butter and jelly sandwich! LOL xoxox

Joseph Matose

Date: 10/15/2013 6:19:00 AM

HA HA HA!!! Here comes Jack, a Turkey Boy! You make Poetry a true Art! This piece is loaded with imaginations, creativity....Would TURKEYS keep a calendar, the wretches would make good their escape just in time!!!!!!JM

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/15/2013 7:14:00 AM

Hmmm! Turkey Boy!!! LOL They should set up an early warning system for the U.S. Thanksgiving in November! I trust this gave you a chuckle! Thanks again Joseph

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 10/14/2013 1:04:00 AM

Dear Jack, as things are going you will save all turkeys in the country! They will declare you their savior but you may face the wrath of another species: Hungry humans! Ha-ha! Superb quatrain, you made my day!

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/15/2013 7:10:00 AM

Humans I can deal with... it's all those turkeys when they band together in a celebration of love for their saviour... could get injured! LOL

Harry Horsman

Date: 10/13/2013 5:02:00 PM

Oh Jack this is brilliant, so you are the president of the turkey appreciation society... believe it or not,, i use to have exactly the same sentiment with lambs,, but love your poem,, and although jovial there is a little message in there.....

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/13/2013 5:08:00 PM

"although jovial there is a little message" glad you caught it my friend! Thanks for your very kind words, Harry!!!

Carol Eastman

Date: 10/13/2013 9:43:00 AM

Dragon heard your poem and decided to save the turkeys... Alas, he liberated the turkey freezer section... and we had to pay for them... Then he couldn't understand why they didn't fly away... DUH! Silly Dragon!... So we had a barbecue, and the store ordered more. We all had a bumper year... Not so much for the turkeys... tho... Then I took him to the park and explained all the turkeys he saw were already liberated... including the wild flying kind... Turkeys come in all shapes and sizes... LOL

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/13/2013 11:10:00 AM

Imagine being a turkey at this time of the year! :( xoxoxox

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/13/2013 9:01:00 AM

haha, I actually prefer chicken meat. When the turkeys see me coming, they can relax.

Jack Ellison
Date: 10/13/2013 9:18:00 AM

Awww that is sooo nice! But what about all those poor chickens running for their lives! LOL Hugs, Jack xoxox