‘I Am Thankful for Thanksgiving’ by Roy E. Peterson

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I Am Thankful for Thanksgiving

I am thankful for Thanksgiving,
A special holiday
That doesn’t require atonement,
Or starvation, by the way.

There are no gifts I need to give,
Less money to be spent.
Just cook a turkey dinner
In an aluminum foil tent.

Everybody has their favorite
Turkey stuffing recipe.
I really don’t discriminate.
They all taste good to me.

The dessert is pumpkin pie.
My family seems so glad.
There is football on the TV set,
And seconds to be had.

The women in the kitchen
Get to gossip all day long
While they do the dishes,
And drink their coffee strong.

I just convinced myself
Thanksgiving is best for me,
Especially with the family,
And the turkey dinner’s free.

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LTC Roy E. Peterson, US Army Military Intelligence and Russian Foreign Area Officer (Retired) has published more than 5,000 poems in 78 of his 101 books. He has been an Army Attaché in Moscow, Commander of INF Portal Monitoring in Votkinsk, first US Foreign Commercial Officer in Vladivostok, Russia and Regional Manager in the Russian Far East for IBM. He holds a BA, Hardin-Simmons University (Political Science); MA, University of Arizona (Political Science); MA, University of Southern California (Int. Relations) and MBA University of Phoenix. He taught at the University of Arizona, Western New Mexico University, University of Maryland, Travel University and the University of Phoenix.