A Viking, Thanksgiving, Unwanted Guests

He raises his charmed-horn frost-cup                                                                               filled to the brim with warrior-sweat of a thousands fallen wineberry                                        Hail to the spoils and plunder                                                                                                                                         Hail to burning friends and Thor’s thunder                                                                                      To ravens who gather the ones in wonder                                                                         Eric’s the reds white-headed swan of blood and blood-bearded-gobbler                                     may one give us free in all are Things                                                                                         and in our bowls meats of thanks-giving                                                                                                   Carving the turkey with his sharp-rail-of beheading                                                                                whacking a leg and then the other                                                                                                                                              small talk and etiquette flew out the proverbial minds-eye                                                   But uncle Bob fit right in chasing his wine with gin
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