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      August 13, 2010Sally MoliniMeal Ticket

      We’ve made the turkey’s breast
      so large it’s an obstacle to mating,
      the birds artificially imbued,
      lots of creatures these days
      needing an assist with things
      they used to do for themselves.
      No other earthlings consume as we do,
      the planet’s tender rotations
      always tempting, commerce
      done to a last turn. And the turkeys,
      their so-called stupidity
      a kind of innocence, stand in
      crowded metal pens,
      rain falling on those outside,
      snoods and wattles trembling,
      yellow bills turned up to sky
      that once meant promise.
      Instinct stirs, hope nesting
      in a dark branch of cloud,
      just enough to drown them.

      Read by Tim

      from #32 - Winter 2009