Borne in the USA
(Thanksgiving Day 2017)
Those who can, eat too much
Those who can’t are often fed as well
There are parades that
Honor stores and industry celebrities
Though most of our parades are
Done that way
A magazine editor wrote
President Lincoln
Suggesting a holiday—
This was during the war when a respite
And a time for thanks would welcome relief
To all the tragedy
FDR secured it for the nation
We watch football, formed when
Athletes from Canada comprised a new event
With Harvard students
Canada has Thanksgiving Day at a different
Time
I hope other cultures have it, too
Maybe you will tell me, and
In the mean time I’ll say thank you to you, mindful of
Respective situations
For you give me a reason
C L Couch
(photograph from Flickr)
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