Ode to the whole roast chicken

The smell of roasting chicken always assures
That all is well in the world - life endures.
But then, to truss or not to truss?
Today a simple tie without fuss.
But remembering the safety pins
Used in our solo first chuck dinns.
The 911 cautionary call-back from mum,
"Weird. O well, avoid gravy pins in your tum".