[pyrnet] A Thanksgiving Poem

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

A THANKSGIVING POEM

 TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING,
 I JUST COULDN'T SLEEP
 I TRIED COUNTING BACKWARDS,
I TRIED COUNTING SHEEP.

 THE LEFTOVERS BECKONED - THE DARK MEAT AND WHITE
 BUT I FOUGHT THE TEMPTATION WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT

TOSSING AND TURNING WITH ANTICIPATION
 THE THOUGHT OF A SNACK BECAME INFATUATION.

 SO, I RACED TO THE KITCHEN, FLUNG OPEN THE DOOR
 AND GAZED AT THE FRIDGE,
FULL OF GOODIES GALORE.

 I GOBBLED UP TURKEY AND BUTTERED POTATOES,
 PICKLES AND CARROTS,
 BEANS AND TOMATOES.

 I FELT MYSELF SWELLING SO PLUMP AND SO ROUND,
 'TIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, I ROSE OFF THE GROUND.

 I CRASHED THROUGH THE CEILING,
FLOATING INTO THE SKY
 WITH A MOUTHFUL OF PUDDING AND A HANDFUL OF PIE.

 BUT, I MANAGED TO YELL
 AS I SOARED PAST THE TREES....
 HAPPY EATING TO ALL -
PASS THE CRANBERRIES, PLEASE.

MAY YOUR STUFFING BE TASTY, MAY YOUR TURKEY BE PLUMP.
 MAY YOUR POTATOES 'N GRAVY HAVE NARY A LUMP,

MAY YOUR YAMS BE DELICIOUS MAY YOUR PIES TAKE THE PRIZE,
 MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER
STAY OFF OF YOUR THIGHS.

MAY YOUR THANKSGIVING BE BLESSED!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Barb Bowes
Bo & Chelsea (Pyrs) & Elle the foster Pyr
& Flopsy (Pyrenean Shepherd)
"The more people I meet, the more I like my dog!"
bamb@monmouth.com