Sage Fright
I’m a-starting to *pavo tremble
this time of year
From all of the oven symbols
rack-et I hear
I’m a seasoned Mestizo pheasant,
best strutting actress
in the whole Oaxaca alfalfa field
But I’m beginning to feel a bite unpleasant,
putting on my best plumage dress
Nervously a-wait the cleaver applause build
Henpeck been the best partridge breeder,
top ingenue impresario
Now it’s curtain time to have a successor,
exit thru the oven door
I see the buy-peddles
turning on the kitchen light
And platter shadows
is giving me bye sage fright
No more starlet gobble time
in the summer day breeze
End of peacock pantomime
under those chestnut trees
Sage fright is real grouse,
as grouse real can be
But, Ms. Guajolote
is gon disorderly peck-y,
strut into the Usher house —
Go out in a blade of glory!
Get some carving satisfaction,
when my wishbone performance
get the Red Cross salute
Feast table Heimlich m action,
calculate no glut survival chance
Best snood bow exit route
Go out in a blade of glory!
Be a theatrical proud grouse
As leftovers get cast
from the pall Festive house
This poem was inspired by the
great poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar.
From his poem, "Soliloquy of a Turkey."
*Pavo is the Spanish word for "turkey."
Have a Happy Thanksgiving Day, PSoupers.
— Romantic Warrior
11-26-20
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2020
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