A Thanksgiving Muse with Audio

Gold cherry

By hudsonmoon

Sat, 19 Nov 2016
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12 comments
 

I got the urge to do a recitition. So I did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPUADNE0S1Y

The annual hug fest
is coming upon us
though, it's more like a slugfest
if we’re gonna be honest

‘cause you see
some don’t live
like in a  Rockwell
Thanksgiving

some like to drink,
drug and holler
it’s a family
tradition

there’s your ma
who ain’t talkin’
to sweet Aunt Louella
on account of the way
she blows all the
heads off her Stellas

then there's college-girl Mabel
who brought her own pot
now she’s under the table
rollin’ doobies with big brother Scott

and whiskey soaked Dad
who drank all the White Label
now he can't open the legs
on the damn folding table

and gramma and grampa
their politics differ
and with Trump in the
White House
the rift just gets thicker

‘he's an agent from hell!'
said gramma McMurtry
'and he'll end up destroying
this beautiful country!'

‘you democrats think
you all know the score
but if Clinton got elected
there’d a been another
civil war!’

and on and on
this old story goes
so let’s give it a moral
before the end of this show

say grace
eat your turkey
sing a sweet melody

show love
to your neighbor
and forever live free

Oh, and have a Happy
Thaksgiving

Photo credit: http://tinyurl.com/hrhq53s

Certificate U
Poem
Humour

Comments

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

I like it! Of course in England we don't have Thanksgiving but we have do Christmas. I did  not write the following jingle, I heard it when young.

'Twas Christmas day in the workhouse

And the snow lay on the grass

'We don't want your Christmas pudding

Stuff it up your a*rse'

(and it's tidings of comfort and joy)smiley

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Ah, thanks, Elsie. And thanks for sharing the Christmas bit. Gave me a laugh.

Rich x

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Hah - sounds just like Christmas can be here - and this year brexit/Trump will be causing a lot of social difficulties. I think Mabel's got the right idea!

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thanks, insert. Makes me ill that both countires have gone pretty much the same root. We've all got to keep fighting the good fight.

Rich x

 

Submitted by celticman on

no Thanksgiving for us. We do have Old Firm games however, where hatred and bile is allowed to run wild. ha, next one at New Year, which is an appropriate tme in this gloom-leaden year to start with a culture of crime. 

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Not a pretty picture on either side of the pond, celtic. Empowered thuggery is gonna make things ugly around here.

Rich

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I've shortened that photo credit link for you so it fits on the page Hudson - lovely to see you've added a spoken version!

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Many thanks for the sweet cherries, Eds.

Rich x

 

Submitted by torscot on

I  always enjoy your little video shorts Rich.  A blast of fun in a depressing world.

And, I have a soft spot for Norman Rockwell, I collect his artwork and intend ( I hope) to visit Stockbridge. To late this year to catch the fall.

Regards

torscot

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Thank you, torscot. Good to see your name pop-up. These little performance pieces keep me a bit sane. So, whenever Ingenthenurge, I go with it. No matter how good or poor the material. lol. I'm in New York, but not that far from Stockbridge, might get up there myself pretty soon.

All the best to you,

Rich

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day!

Please share/retweet if you like it  - and I hope all our American writers have a lovely day tomorrow

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

This was a pleasant surprise, insert. Many thanks. And my apologies to the turkey world. Rich