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Thanksgiving (afterall)
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Thanksgiving (afterall) |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738
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I don't want to talk to you. I think that you should leave my home. You are poison to my skin and heaven is someplace alone where myself applauds for me like a shadow misbehaved and all of questioned quandary is raked in zen strokes over graves. I don't want to talk to you. Your mind is poison, save the grace, that you and all your family say at the table, fingers laced-- Mrs. Stover's gratitude she never knew the bird she cut she didn't know that attitude has everything to do with "must" wrapped in plastic, injected (m'daddy loved the c-shape-neck) and every slice of turkey is white just like the picture that was promised on the box. And you don't wanna talk to me-- my people--they are not like yours. Ya'll are young yet, we are grief. We are empty spots of "more" swearing we will never feast like we did in days before the shadows of the wings of beast scrape the waste of wasted chore. No one wants the giblets. The spiraled ham is expensive for the pecking of these birds gathered for the duty--it's important that we maintain this ritual of tithe. It is Thanksgiving, afterall. |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Ouch! Talk about giving somebody the bird!  Brilliant, as always  |
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Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
That good huh?  Well at least you can sleep well knowing you kept up the tradition? I know I always just have to find a diamond in the dung don't I? |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia |
Aw Serenity ::smiles:: It's all gravy, baby ! Yes Even (((poison))) And... I do love dem giblets ! So very well done. As always. Thanks for the serving. |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
I was looking all over for this!! I must be blind or just feeble... anyway.. was going to ask if it was the M-I-L? I have one too..*sigh* love you and love this!  "too bad ignorance isn't painful" |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
smile... Thanksgiving was...fine. Just painful. My mother and I simply decided that we're never going to do it again. (I know, we say that every year.  )But this time, I think I mean it. I think she does too. Too many empty seats at the table, and too much habit of making favorites for people who are no longer with us... But for the record, I think giving thanks is a lovely tradition--I just think it's sad that we have to set aside a day for it. Like we're getting gratitude out of the way. So no, I'm not eliminating the holiday--I'm actually trying to make it a way of life. I've decided to show appreciation for something every single day. So in the spirit of that--I want to say "thank you" to you all. I realize my darker side is unseemly and impolite at times, but you all have been kindly indulgent of me, and I appreciate the lack of judgement and loving acceptance of me as I am. You people are beautiful and I do indeed give thanks. I hope you all had a lovely day, and I pray you spent your time wisely with your loved ones--because that is the true feast.  My apologies. Holidays...I thought they would get easier. I'm sorry. |
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XOx Uriah xOX Senior Member
since 2006-02-11
Posts 1403Virginia |
(((Serenity))) So... uh... Diplomatic ::smiles:: Okay I will leave you be...for awhile (((pizen))) |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Ser, I think Deer said it best! It makes me sad. Yano this year when we went around the table to each express a special thanks as is tradition....my son said, thanks for all that is good and all that is bad. I found that rather profound. Talk to ya soon. *hugs*......jojo |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
But for the record, I think giving thanks is a lovely tradition--I just think it's sad that we have to set aside a day for it. Like we're getting gratitude out of the way. So "no, I'm not eliminating the holiday--I'm actually trying to make it a way of life. I've decided to show appreciation for something every single day." I like your style   M |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
Very nicely written Serenity but down feel too sad, for the sun will shine again. Good luck. Lindsay |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
powerfully expressive 'penning!'... Sadly…so MUCH more was ‘cut’ than just birds along the way in the origins and legacy of said 'holiday' (like historic, but socio-politically 'inconvenient truths')... “heaven is someplace alone where myself applauds for me like a shadow misbehaved(!)” …WHAT a great line! Applause for the imagery and the ‘write’…but, not the ‘holiday!’ [This message has been edited by secondhanddreampoet (11-26-2007 08:07 PM).] |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
Yeah, I get this. At least poetry won't die, right?  Maybe Christmas.... Be well. ~Alyssa Hupomeno. |
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TomMark Member Elite
since 2007-07-27
Posts 2133LA,CA |
enjoyed the read. I am glad that I read after many have done their commenting so I can understand better. love ya. Tomtoo |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I understand this so completely... even if I hadn't lived it, I'd KNOW, just through your words. *S* Hugs to you, dear lady... None of us want to be forgotten... and it is right that we remember them... It's just awfully hard sometimes... those wishbones are useless when it comes to wishes that really matter. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
quote: I so know this... Ours was very quiet. |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
Sometimes (lots of times) I swear that I have responded to your poems, only to go back later and see that I have not. It startled me to realize this as I think about them after I read them. Maybe I need to digest them and then I forget that my thoughts are not here in writing for you to read. I was at the Grocery store the other day and they have a big box for the Food Kitchen. It is nicely decorated like a Christmas present - and as I bought canned goods for it, I was thinking about when I asked this store to put such a box out to help feed the homeless. They hemmed and hawed and had excuses as to why they could not do it. I am glad that the food box is there now. But, I walked out and wondered if people only get hungry in that store between Thanksgiving and Christmas. If so, maybe I should only shop there when I am hungry. That is what your poems do to me. They make me think and they linger - making me think I responded when I have not. Alison |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I need to have an "all Alison" day... I read you too yanno--and I do the same thing. (Thanks for being kind enough to let me know you were here--it means a lot to me.) And Ruthie-girl, when I saw my malingering poems bumped up, I said, "Ah, I'll bet Ruth is in town!" Thanks love, you do understand, I know. As I said, thanksgiving wasn't truly awful, just sad. (The first two stanzas of this poem were written about something else, I just tied it into the rest 'cause it seemed to fit.) So hugs to all. Karen's not quite bouncing again yet, but I'll get there! thank you |
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