Short Giblets Poems

Mix the giblets. With the stuffing.  Winner Winner.  Plump Chicken Dinner....

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I asked a turkey how he felt
About Thanksgiving Day
He told me "Gobble, gobble!"
And then hurried on his way

So when I dine tomorrow night
I'll have the turkey's blessing
To gobble up his giblets
With some gravy, yams, and dressing....

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PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY

       turkeys are gobbling
   up laughter as prices rise
thankful for the heat
   off their guard, bag their giblets,
      the axe only pardons two

11/19/2021

*The name of the turkeys pardoned by the president...

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Along the alleys of my old village
a squalid dog followed me
flee-bitten, rabbit-faced

Give me some leavings, he whined
just a bit of left-over heart
I am starving to death.

I was coming from the poultry shop
so I gave him some chicken giblets.
He said, Now you are mine

since I ate your heart 
and he always, always follows me
ill-fated me!...

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Last Thanksgiving Day, I was berated
By my mother-in-law, I am hated
"You left giblets inside!"
She screamed. I could've died
My turkey dinner was doomed; ill-fated

I wanted to clobber her with a spoon
While she went on mocking me like a loon
My husband shut her down
Her smirk became a frown
When he called her a dried-up wrinkled prune
...

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