YOU WANT ME TO EAT WHAT??

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NEW PROMPT: With Thanksgiving coming up next Thursday in the USA, many Americans are preparing to gorge themselves on turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and all the other traditional delicacies. Write a story or poem about a Thanksgiving dinner without the traditional foods.

YOU WANT ME TO EAT WHAT??

What IS this that you've set upon my plate??
It smells like CAT FOOD and you know I hate
most cuts of meat, but like the turkey leg!!
One would assume I would not have to beg
to get a decent eat on turkey day!!
You should feed us RIGHT; we've come a LONG way--
I found the seaweed that you put inside
my mashed potatoes, and you should not hide
such nasties in the food for your loved ones;
you need to shoot your pumpkin pie with guns!!
I love to eat this day; I eat too much--
I'll eat my turkey standing by the hutch
since we are out of dining chairs, I think---
or have I just enjoyed too much to drink??
I'm not sure what to make of all this fuss;
don't like this WIERD food that you've fed to us!
Please warn us if you cook all this again
and I'll be sure NOT to be hungry then!!