Showing posts with label Ben Franklin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Franklin. Show all posts

Monday, November 15, 2010

The Turkey as Our National Bird

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Long ago, or so I've heard,
The famed Ben Franklin quite bestirred

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The people re: a national bird.
And while the turkey seems absurd,

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A turkey, if he were captured,
And thinking of his poor gizzard

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Would hope a hunter'd be deterred
And keep him as a bird pampered.

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The turkey said, and I concurred,
Check this piece and its turkey herd.

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