Gratitude's Day

You know it’s Thanksgiving

when you peel your sweet potatoes

listening to the Macy’s parade,

when you cry during commercials,

drum corps, Rockettes kicklines

& Charlie Brown’s holiday meal,

when you play Yahtzee well into

the evening after an unplanned

but predictable nap on the couch,

when you hug your kids extra-long

& consider actually sending your

gratitude skyward in the form

of a soaring, bird-like prayer.

Happy Thanksgiving, dear readers! #28 of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center for New Americans. With special love to Kirsten Piccini, who also tears up during the Macy's parade.