[I am so… so… sorry]
After you lose your zeal for living
offer to cook for Thanksgiving
Start by cooking vegetables that, as such,
no one is ever going to touch.
There’s delicious stuffing
But, you keep having to find the two-year old so you get nuffing
Still, being with your family is fun
And, two hours into the meal, the turkey is finally done.
The aunt brings a store-bought pie to the feast
to prove the “least she could do” is literally the least…
When we are finished, the kids are too stuffed to use their phones
and we lay there and communicate through a series of groans
The family leaves me with warmth and good wishes
And, two days of washing dishes…
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
Store bought pie on Thanksgiving is an abomination. And if all you have left afterwards is dishes consider yourself lucky, I’m still trying to come up with more turkey leftover recipes.
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I ate turkey for three days. I am done, now…
I hear that turkey cacciatore is good, though. I remember having it but not much else… oh, and Turkey Hash!
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We had hot turkey sandwiches, cold turkey sandwiches, turkey pot pie, turkey tetrazzini, cream of turkey and wild rice soup and turkey salad. It’s a versatile bird.
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THAT’S what I ate: Turkey tetrazzini.
Wow! You know your way around a turkey!
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“to prove the “least she could do” is literally the least…” That really cracked me up. So, D got wanted to try pumpkin pie, so I bought him a mini mini one to try and he loved it. So, I made him one – and although it tasted good, he said, “It doesn’t look right.” So, I had to buy him one from the store for the big day. I wasn’t (too) offended. Really was easier!
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If you want a pumpkin pie that Declan cannot refuse, put pralines on the bottom before pouring over the pumpkin.
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Ok, I’ll give it a try! Thanks!
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“If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a few days with your family.” I don’t remember, I think this was Ram Dass or some other sage.
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We kept anyone but our immediate family away… THAT’S the way to do it…
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Thanksgiving Day here in the womb
Was spooky, a dark and closed room
But though I’m pre-natal
It wasn’t all fatal
I shared it with others on Zoom
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You shredded my poem with that wonderful lyric. I am quite resentful…
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