Turkey?
Turkey? - meaning Summary
Small Choice, Big Consequences
A speaker recounts eating a single drumstick at a summer picnic and facing exaggerated social outrage. The poem compresses a minor, self-conscious lapse into communal blame and comic embarrassment. Its brevity and punchline—linking the eaten 'drumstick' to the offended 'drummer'—turns a small appetite into a humorous moral fuss, highlighting how petty actions can provoke outsized reactions among friends.
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