#970585 added December 1, 2019 at 8:47am Restrictions: None
Thursday Plan
This was supposed to be better...work in progress or give up?
Thursday Plan
It's in the sink,
Our Thursday plan,
Thawing like fifty-some memories
Filling pages of a lost album --
Hanging black photo mounts,
Some askew, taunt like
Faded handwriting, illegible
On coarse Manila background.
But a dark blue roasting pan
Shelters a 12-pound fowl
From two prowling, curious cats.
Tradition, reason to be thankful?
For jellied cranberries, marshmallow
yams? Mashed potatoes, anytime. Yes,
Not for soon dried-out bird hauled from
12-foot freezer to checkout
To four by four traction (over
A dry, hurried and hazardous road);
Marinate, pre-heat, season, store
Our turkey in a mindless oven,
Baste gloriously -- haloed yellow
Through a dim, thick window.
Assemble, sit, pray, eat; grow duller
Never reflecting, but deflect --
Sprawled on soft, reclining frames
Of woven fabric, beneath the cover
Of colorful, comfortable throws.
Make room for leftovers
And the next dying season.
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