Death and Thanks in America
This day of thanks is full of death
we thankful thoughtful
families ate together
without masks
we are fearless we trust in God
immune systems too
dying dead all around
we escape death ritual for thankful meal
people we love most dearly
children grandchildren in-laws
we blessed to meet and eat
plague at our doorstep
we faced family death many times
today thanks for the living and dead
talk of ancestors good and bad
bad had bad teachers
no choice in criminal ways
family none the less
what families are all saints
give thanks
living dead yet unborn
America death dancing
what goes round comes round
death to the world
death to America
this is not hate
call it fate
wash your dirty hands
stand distant from toxic ones
you should have done this long ago
may be too late
Ray Charles told you The Danger Zone is everywhere
Today give thanks
tomorrow we vigilant
we shall live thankful no matter the plague
political winds economic woes
we are from cotton cane rice fields
we survived yesterday today
We do not fear tomorrow.
--Marvin X
11/26/20
Ase.
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