Thanksgiving Day Scramble Poem by Michelle Hyde

Thanksgiving day has come once more,
Time to go to the store,
To buy the last bits,
To season the turkey and giblets.

Into the oven and onto the pies,
Noon already! My how time flies,
In come the in-laws to mark the date,
As usual Uncle Fred’s late.

The timer goes off with a loud ding!
By now the dog is drooling,
The cat is no where to be found,
Mom is getting the kids settled down.

Uncle Fred has finally arrived,
With a new girlfriend at his side.
Set the table and start to eat,
Fred and Tom fight over the dark meat.

Do I smell smoke?
Uncle Fred chokes.
I'm off to check the pies,
The smoke detector starts to cry.

The fire engine roars out of site,
What a crazy night.
Thanksgiving comes once a year,
Don't forget Christmas dear.

As the last car rolls out of site,
I turn the lights off and call it a night!