Be of Good Cheer This Thanksgiving Day

May tranquility reign and grace your Thanksgiving board this year, As you thank the Good Lord for all the blessings you hold dear! I pray that it will be a time of good cheer and not a free-for-all, As in the dysfunctional family described below, ending in a brawl! Grandpa said grace that rambled on interminably while stomachs growl. Grandma had heard enough of that and poked him with a warning scowl! Pompous Uncle Blimp boasted about the democrats winning the election, While saner heads steered the conversation in a more innocuous direction! Ne'er-do-well Cousin Cletus who was recently released from prison, Wailed about being falsely imprisoned saying the cannabis wasn't his'n! Aunt Louise complained that she didn't get the turkey gizzard as was her due! Dad was happily sozzled having consumed too much of his homemade brew! Little Marvin slopped gravy on grandma's prized heirloom tablecloth! Nana screeched about controlling your brats - she was most visibly wroth! The kid howled and mommy hugged him saying, "It was not your fault!" In the aftermath, little was said except an occasional, "Pass the salt!" Elbows flew and the hapless turkey's carcass was stripped clean and bare! Grandpa removed his teeth to take a snooze, fed up with the whole affair! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved