What was her name..this turkey..
before she was defeathered?
What was her soul?
Was she shy or bold?
Did she struggle or cry
when she
was killed?
Do ecoli and salmonella
and leukosis grow
now in her rotting flesh..
as she in Spirit
hovers above the table?
Will evidence of the crime
remain.. in wishbones
.. or will all the evidence
be consumed
Turkeys give thanks
to vegetarians.
W
Author's Notes/Comments:
Pegeen Fitzgerald of
WOR recounted that
her mother had chloroformed and then had plucked
every feather from
a turkey and stuck her
in a freezer. Several
hours later she was still
alive. They adopted her
as a pet.
Creiophilic bacteria
can survive
freezing while thermophilic
bacteria survive boiling.
The USDA has a site
for some of the recalls
of the meats which cause
75 million incidents
of food poisoning annually.