Thanksgiving
by Mac Hammond
The man who stands above the bird, his knife
Sharp as a Turkish scimitar, first removes
A thigh and leg, half the support
On which the turkey used to stand. This
Leg and thigh he sets on an extra
Plate. All his weight now on
One leg, he lunges for the wing, the wing
On the same side of the bird from which
He has just removed the leg and thigh.
He frees the wing enough to expose
The breast, the wing not severed but
Collapsed down to the platter. One hand
Holding the fork, piercing the turkey
Anywhere, he now beings to slice the breast,
Afflicted by small pains in his chest,
A kind of heartburn for which there is no
Cure. He serves the hostess breast, her
Own breast rising and falling. And so on,
Till all the guests are served, the turkey
Now a wreck, the carver exhausted, a
Mere carcass of his former self. Everyone
Says thanks to the turkey carver and begins
To eat, thankful for the cold turkey
And the Republic for which it stands.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Effigy Of A Nun by Sara Teasdale
- The Polar Koala Bear by Robby Charters
- Владимир Набоков – Шахматный конь
- Николай Заболоцкий – Разговор с медведем
- Mustard Flowers
- Олег Бундур – Просьба
- Владимир Маяковский – Потрясающие факты
- Song of the Broad-Axe. by Walt Whitman
- Sonnet. Written In Answer To A Sonnet By J. H. Reynolds poem – John Keats poems
- To a Locomotive in Winter. by Walt Whitman
- Федор Тютчев – Каким венком нам увенчать
- The Weepen Leady by William Barnes
- Омар Хайям о Боге и религии: Рубаи, стихи Хайяма про Бога – Poetry Monster
- Ольга Седакова – Играющий ребенок
- To L. R. E. by Sara Teasdale
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