Dear Human Beings,
Time for my ANNUAL Thanksgiving ‘Ode To Tom’ and tell you what I’m thankful for:
- I’m thankful that I was not born in a country where they eat dogs.
- I’m thankful you are all my best friends!
- I’m thankful for all the treats I get even if I don’t get as many as I deserve
- I’m thankful I am soft and fluffy so people want to pet me
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Freddie Parker Westerfield, Poet Laureate
A Turkey’s Tale
by Freddie Parker Westerfield
A turkey named Tom lived on a farm
His story is such, so they say
Waking at dawn
he’d peck at the lawn,
searching for bugs,
nibbling on slugs
of which he was particularly fond.
Then on Thanksgiving day
Gobbledy gobbledy gone!
So if YOU took Tom from off his farm
in the middle of the night
please give him due thanks
for gracing your table. (It’s fitting and only right).
And for all the bugs and many slugs
which make him an organic delight
P.S. I was told to tell you that my Human-being wishes you all things to be grateful for in your life, like she’s grateful for me.
My BEST FRIEND Shari sent me this picture. I think she might be a Turkeytarian . . .
CURIOUS to the MAX 
Hi my dear fluffy friend. I miss petting you, giving you treats, and feeling love from you. I hope we can get together soon and catch up on hugs and pets. Your poem was brilliant (of course what more would I expect). I had a very lovely Thanks Giving with a very good friend and her family. I hope your human had a lovely day and is continuing to get over her latest set back.
Hugs and Kisses,
Judy
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Dear JudithClemmer, human-being,
My poem, indeed, was BRILLIANT. I know that. You must be brilliant too to recognize that.
Fluffily yours,
Freddie
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Not us. Our’s was Hamilton.
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I’m thankful I’m still friends with your human. And you are so fluffy!!
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Dear Wendy Human-Being,
I’m thankful too you are friends with my human. She only has quality friends.
Thank you for noticing how fluffy I am – it gets me lots of treats and pets from you human-beings who value fluffiness.
Thankfully yours,
Freddie Parker Westerfield, CDT
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Hope you have a very blessed Thanksgiving Judith.
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Carolyn,
Thank you!!!! I am blessed every day with having known you!
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Thanks, Freddie, I really like your poem. I might tell you that we’re eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches but maybe that would not be the truth. (Maybe.) And you look especially gorgeous today, fluffy and curly like a little kid named Shirley.
Love to you and your Human Beings.
BTW: stay away from the slugs.
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Dear Sharon Bonin-Pratt, Human-Being,
Peanut butter and jelly are delicious. Not telling the truth is a sin (Maybe).
Thank you for noticing I look especially “gorgeous” today. However, based on my gender it is not appropriate to liken me to Shirley. Luckily, since I am a genius (see comment by my compatriot Joyce) I understand the metaphor, if not, the comparison.
You, HOWEVER, definitely are gorgeous, fluffy and curly.
Geniusly yours,
Freddie Parker Westerfield, CDT
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Awwww, you’re too kind, Sweet Freddie.
And don’t forget – there was a boy named Sue.
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Dear Shari B-P, human-being,
You are very discerning to notice I am kind and SWEET.
There are also dogs named Sue,
Frankly,
Freddie
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Freddie is a genius!!
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ear Joyce, Human-being,
You are a genius to recognize my genius. You and are are Mensa Members . . . which of course sets us apart from the undiscerning multitudes.
Geniusly yours,
Freddie Parker Westerfield, CDT
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