Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thanksgiving Pantoum

There must be trash bags all across America filled with lettuce.
Escherichia coli has no place
Imagine a gram negative guest face to face
With grandma, head bowed saying grace.

Escherichia coli has no place
Let us pray they go away
With grandma, head bowed saying grace
Holy immunized.

Let us pray they go away
Gram's positive stuffing a turkey is Okay
Holy immunized
By tradition.

Gram's positive stuffing a turkey is Okay
Her daughter is strong and her granddaughter gay
By tradition
Macy's helium parade plays while giblets boil.

Her daughter is strong and her granddaughter gay
Obama served food with volunteers yesterday
Macy's helium parade plays while giblets boil
Kindness seems old-fashioned.

Obama served food with volunteers yesterday
While California dutifully raked its forest
Kindness seems old-fashioned
Like colored Christmas lights.

While California dutifully rakes its forest
Imagine seeing eye to eye
Like colored Christmas lights
Softly blinking.

Imagine seeing eye to eye
Welcoming strangers with no fuss
Except Escherichia coli
In trash bags all across America.

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