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Category: Holidays / Topics: Holidays • Holiday Season • Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving
The Day After Thanksgiving
Posted: November 25, 2012
Why I'm eating crow instead of leftover turkey…
The day after finds me
still scratching my head
perplexed why I porked out
last night before bed.
I'm kicking myself
that I lacked self-control
after leaving the table
sufficiently full.
But the leftover turkey
was calling to me
as I zoned out in front of
my flat screen TV.
I walked to the kitchen
and filled up a plate
in spite of the fact
that it really was late.
And then without thinking
(please don't ask me why)
I served up a slice of
my wife's pumpkin pie.
I was stuffed like a turkey
while heading for bed.
But this morning I'm filled with
a heap-full of dread.
The day after (last year)
I woke up this way
and vowed that I'd hold back
next Thanksgiving Day.
But, alas, I'm a liar
as my wife and kids know.
So, instead of more turkey,
I'm doomed to eat crow.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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