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Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner

                                                                         

Thank God I don't have a family, anymore,

And don't need to follow the traditional script

Thanksgiving demands its practitioners act out —

Obese turkeys devouring obese turkeys,

Between sleeping through NFL games and in-law feuds.

 

I hate candied yams, mashed potatoes, giblet gravy,

Not only with a passion but geysering bile,

Disdain creamed spinach, cranberry sauce, ham, stuffing,

Loathe buttery, sugary pecan and pumpkin pies,

Abominate turkey, itself — gluttony's poster bird.

 

This Thanksgiving, as has become my tradition,

I walk to my empty neighborhood café,

Order a lettuce-and-tomato salad, a glass of iced tea,

Ask the sole waitress to switch off the TV,

And give thanks.

 

 

 

 

                

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