THANKSGIVING 2012

Some time ago, Fourth of July

I thought Thanksgiving Day

Was distant so I did not try

To get out of the way

Of speeding days and speeding nights

That raced by all unseen

Then Labor Day of all the sights

And then came Hallowe’en

The days and months leapt over all

As what the heck I said

We’re at the end of one more Fall

The trees asleep, not dead

Bare branches on deciduous trees

The leaves piled up in drifts

The conifers just stay and freeze

And women think of gifts

And head out for the Christmas shops

Except, oh by the way

When wives and moms pull out the stops

On this Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving