you’re looking forward to that first forkful
of turkey don’t ruin it by chewing on the
winners and losers that ran for office
cranberry sauce is a complex dish
don’t compare that to the part of you
that's sweet or bitter
bite into a fat yam slathered
with butter and mention no names
have some wine and slide into the good
old times but not so much that you slip
back tipsy into the highly charged present
comment on the effort and your appreciation
it took to present such a delicious meal
pecan and pumpkin pie are meant
to have you push back from the table
pat your belly and appropriately say
That was so great but I can’t eat another bite
and just let go of the queasy thoughts
still churning in your stomach
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