Thanksgiving
Family gathers for Thanksgiving dinner
As you step into grandma's home
You smell the savory aromas
Turkey is stuffed and cooking in the oven
Glazed ham garnished with pineapple and cherries
We’re getting very anxious for homemade buns to rise
Table is decked with grandma’s fine china
Table settings and white lace linen
Fresh Thanksgiving Autumn floral bouquet,
Candles flicker in-tall thin brass candleholders
Salad, asparagus and cheese sauce,
Mashed potatoes and gravy,
Cranberry sauce,
Cinnamon sweet potatoes garnished with marshmallows
Ambrosia fruit salad, cherry and pumpkin pies
Apple crisp with caramel sauce a prize
Punch bowl filled to the brim
With eggnog and hot cinnamon schnapps
A second ham sits in the baking pan on the stove
Of balance over the burner knobs
Pa picks up the lid to take a peek
Did a hip-hop back
As it slides off the top of stove onto the floor
Bathing everyone around with sweet greasy glaze
For once I wish I had Rover and Max around to lap up the floor
As they were locked up in their dog cage so they wouldn’t be underfoot
Slipping and sliding and grabbing on to the counters I whispered
Please dogs come and save us from this wet dirty job
We dropped plenty of towels and got a mop and a bucket of suds
To sup- up the entire sweet greasy glaze
Finally the crazy mayhem was over
Turned to face the table and held our composure
Bless us, Oh Lord,
and these thy gifts which
we are about to receive from thy bounty,
through Christ, Our Lord.
Amen.
Moaning and groaning too stuffed to move
Rubbing their bellies that are just ready to bust
Still enough food left over for everyone to take home
11/24/2016
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