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Mr. Turkey
you are so quiet
you are more like the blanket
that was folded on my mothers couch
you were warm and cozy by the fire
but i needed you
and you came
were you happy before you came?
are you sorry you are here?
you are here to save me
to save my family
we will share our table with you
we will hold hands around you and say how thankful
we are with god. he will hear us and be thankful too.
because of you we can remember
we are allowed to speak in poems and simple prayers
my uncle will pray and say things like, “We thank you, Lord.”
even though he says he does not believe
everyone smiles at each other
my mom squeezes my hand because we know he does not believe
but it doesn’t matter because he just said, “We thank you, Lord.”
now we share the secret of his salvation
because of you.
we thank you, Mr. Turkey.
does a literalist read a poem and wonder what meaning the author is conveing, or does the realist try to stretch their own imagination and apply the meaning? (what box does the literalist use for the turkey savior?)
ReplyDeletethe literalist needs to take their pill and just enjoy mr. turkey. actually, the literalist enjoys that even though they dont understand the poem, they can at least connect with the fact that if they had named the turkey, they would have chosen to call him mr. turkey, too.
ReplyDeletelove it!
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