Thanksgiving
- Sebastian Jack
- Nov 21
- 2 min read
he hadn’t shared a meal with others since
he’d FOUND HIMSELF in debt and minus home
a hobo seeking rest and work, our prince
forgot the meaning Seasons.. this UNKNOWN
as AUTHOR, ACTOR, ARTIST lacking aim
invited hardly ever, end of year
to turkey dinners, Christmas Eves, THEY CAME
AND WENT without a no one wanting near
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and so it goes, November feeling strange
December mornings HOPING fate might shift
if POEMS THAT HE WROTE could trigger change
receive a humble invite.. still adrift
as wandered through the SUPERMARKET AISLES
while planning for a party he’d propose
O TANNENBAUM and table, plates and piles
of food for all the many chairs, but no...
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could not afford to pitch a proper feast
nor find the folks who’d EVER WANT ATTEND
was well-resigned to dine on less, at least
could share the love on LAPTOP with his friends..
who NEVER REALLY KNEW the boy who seemed
so easy, open, quick to offer cheer
was loner in a world BEYOND THE SCREEN
where, on his own, was apt to disappear
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“I pray you have a Holiday too filled
with LIGHTS and TINSEL, evergreens and glee
and ribbons for the GIFTS YOU WRAP unskilled
all taped with loving fingers, given free..
for what you lose when ceding others joy
is found upon a CHRISTMAS TREE too spare...
like Linus and the Land of Misfit Toys
I wish for you a STAR OF WONDER rare.”
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is when he’d close the lid and make SOME SOUP
and think about the years gone by, as lad
BETWEEN his aunts and uncles, cousins, group
of gladsome noise, all corduroy and plaid
and ponder what he EVER DID SO WRONG..
deserve a life of solitude, as kept
REMEMBERED WORDS of midnight masses, songs
in dreams that filled his heart and soul as slept
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awoke that morning, BOLTED out of bed
and showered, shaved, as donned his warmest sox..
with sweaters layered, this is what he said
“I’ll cook WHAT HAVE, and wrangle those on block
who have no reason celebrate outside
the homeless, much like me those YEARS AGO
could use a feast of ramen noodles...” wide
his eyes like lamb.. “A CHRISTMAS GALA, THROW !!”