Today we will
try not to
overindulge in foods
except for those
that common lore
says are acceptable.
<We DESPRATELY needed a period!!!>
“Blast common lore!”
, sputtered Uncle Chuck
as he ate
the turkey gizzard
dipped in peanut
and that special
bitter cranberry sauce
Mom always made
in the shape
of a spleen.
(bravo.)
But something else
slept furiously beyond
the kitchen door!
The smell, curiously,