The ABCs of Thanksgiving

(a Dorsimbra patterned poem)

As men of old did, so we bring our thanks--
for astronauts, ballet and calicos;
for doughnuts, earthworms, family, which ranks
above all else; for geese and bright hellos,
                  ideas and jobs,
                  kaleidoscopes,
                  lessons and mincemeat,
                  neighbors, and oboe's whine.
We praise God's name for poems, quilts and rain,
for smiles and turtles, ukes and valentines,
for walnuts, x-rays, yellowbell and zoos.
As men of old did, so we bring our thanks.
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