This is a week for feasting
This is a week for thanks
Of all the weeks throughout the year
The top is where this ranks
With great anticipation
We know before it ends
We’ll fill the hours with food and talk;
With family and friends
We’ll share the ways we’re grateful
For how the good things find us
And amplify our gratitude
For bad things put behind us
And so a word of warning
Dear sisters and dear brothers
Some may recollect this year
More joyfully than others
Try to use diplomacy
Whenever you are able
You may wear your MAGA hat
But, please, not at the table.
And just the way you’d overlook
Some menu imperfections
Don’t start conversations
Over cabinet selections
If they bring up the subject
And ask about your vote
Pass the mashed potatoes
And for pity’s sake, don’t gloat
Reach out the hand of friendship
And reconciliation
Welcome them to join in prayers
To help and heal the nation
But if your pleasant overtures
Are angrily rebuffed
Offer them some dressing
And tell them to get stuffed
