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Thanksgiving is here, we’ve been waiting all year
Waistlines explode as we fill with good cheer
Family, and loved ones, and friends all around
Everyone’s going to pick up a few pounds
Turkey and stuffing and gravy and yams
All of the food we can possibly cram
Into ourselves, til it seems we’ll explode
From all of the calories that have overflowed
Potatoes, and green beans, and cranberry sauce
But if there are no giblets, it’s not a great loss
We’ll eat the corn and the rest of the meal
But we want dessert because it makes us squeal
(New cadence alert!)
Pecan pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, OH MY!
Sweet taste, without haste headed for butts and thighs
(Whew!)
Leftover vittles, there have to be tons
We’ll eat it and eat it til December comes
Roast turkey, fried turkey, and turkey croquettes,
Turkey soup, turkey clubs, even turkey nug-gets, (Let’s just go with it)
We gobble so much that we stand up and wobble
The cholesterol leaves my mind in a boggle
Who cares if today, we eat all the wrong things
There’s no end to the joy that gluttony brings
I ate and ate for more than an hour
So much for the illusion of having willpower
I’m bulging, ballooning, my clothes will not fit
I can’t even cross my legs when I sit
I loosen my belt to increase circulation
Good Lord! It’s so good to ease my inflation
I can now feel my feet and my tingling toes
I’ll just need suspenders to hold up my clothes
This holiday feast was such a delight
But mirror reflections will give us a fright
The bird bloat has caused our diets to fail
We won’t have the nerve to step up on the scale
I’m so tired from chewing, I can’t eat a bite
Take away what is left, get it out of my sight
The meal is done, it’s time for a nap
I sadly stare down at the size of my lap
How could I ever have eaten so much
Oh well, tomorrow there’s turkey for lunch!!
Poetry At Play 