A Poultry Sum
The Two Sisters
By Maurice Denis
1891
“There is no excellent beauty
that hath not some strangeness
in the proportion.”
Thanksgiving Day, her goose was cooked,
Although she served a turkey.
For wagging tongues were quickly hooked
On matters best left murky.
Before the feast of foods began,
A fouler frenzy started.
As clan connected, hand in hand,
They offered grace half-hearted.
Backhanded compliments were served
With every dish she carried.
They simply sat, sneered and observed –
This family she had married.
She knew not how she’d come to cope
With holiday attendance –
But harbored still a hungry hope
To end their codependence.
For years she tuned out petty word
From kinfolk of her mate.
Till finally, she flipped the bird
But not upon a plate.
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Your poem is completely excellent!
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