Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthier New Year To All Of You...

[sufferer2]

Be nice to turkeys this Christmas

Cos turkeys just wanna have fun.

Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked

And every turkey has a Mum.

Be nice to turkeys this Christmas,

Don't eat it, keep it alive.

It could be your mate, and not on your plate

Say, Yo! Turkey I'm on your side.

I’ve got lots of friends who are turkeys

And all of them fear Christmas time.

They wanna enjoy it, they say humans destroyed it

And humans are out of their minds.

Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys

They all have a right to a life,

Not to be caged up and genetically made up

By the farmer and his wife.

Turkeys just wanna play reggae

Turkeys just wanna hip-hop

Can you imagine a nice young turkey saying

I just cannot wait for the chop?

Turkeys like getting presents,

They wanna watch Christmas TV.

Turkeys have brains and turkeys feel pain

In many ways like you and me.

I once knew a turkey called...Turkey

He said "Do explain to me please,

Who put the turkey in Christmas

And what happens to Christmas trees?"

I said "I am not too sure Turkey,

But its nothing to do with Christmas.

Humans get greedy and waste more than need be,

And business men, well they make loadsa cash”.

Be nice to your turkey this Christmas

Invite them indoors for some greens.

Let them eat cake and let them partake,

In a plate of organically grown beans.

Be nice to your turkey this Christmas

And spare them the cut of the knife.

Join Turkeys United and they'll be delighted,

And you will make new friends 'FOR LIFE'.

R.I.P. to: Benjamin Zephaniah 15/04/1958 – 07/12/2023.

[CDPO16]

Great rhyme. No turkey in my house and never has been.

[Alberta56]

Well said, sufferer. Though it's more by luck than judgement that this house is turkeyless this Christmas.

[dunnellon]

No turkey in the oven here! Merry Christmas!

[HungryHufflepuff]

I was so sad when I heard that Benjamin Zephaniah had passed away. What a great person and amazing poet he was. 🦃