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Category: Holidays / Topics: Holidays • Holiday Season • Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving

The Day After Thanksgiving

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

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.

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Posted: November 25, 2012

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