Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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How to be Bailed Out with Half a Turkey. As I have said before, I raised ground-raised turkeys for three decades. I always ordered my day-old poults through the mail. (I believe Benjamin Franklin started this system to aid beginning farmers.) One year I received my batch of 600 poults and started yet another year. Part way through the season, the young birds seemed unusually large, And indeed, by autumn, they were double the normal size. I had inadvertently received some sort of super breed! What on earth to do--much too large for most of my customers. So, as usual, I fresh froze them but cut and wrapped The exceptionally large ones in half! Then I explained to each customer what had occurred And 'sold them' on how unique a half turkey would appear, Lying on a silver platter at the Thanksgiving repast! It worked and I sold every one--and I was VERY thankful There were no complaints, but I made certain with the breeder, That would never happen again! Frank Maurer 26 December 2024 1420 Hours.