Happy Thanksgiving

 For what can I be thankful

when I peruse the news?

Our world is filled with suffering

and terrorism brews.

 

I’m thankful I’m American,

where freedoms are assured.

I’m thankful for my kith and kin,

whose love o’er time endured.

 

I thank God when I wake

regardless how I ache.

At night, I pray at dawn,

papers say all problems gone.

 

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