Thanksgiving verses Thankstaking

In the left corner

Thankstaking

Weighing in at a

Portly indulgence of

Gross lies and veiled sleight-of-hand judgments

With the advantage reach of too many terms at the head of the table

Forever obliging friends and family to skirt the real nourishment

And occupy but the perimeter seats of obfuscated survival scraps

In the right corner

Thanksgiving

Tipping the scales of history lost

With a mere modicum of weighted appreciation

Trying as it might to stare down its worthy opponent

It nevertheless stands tall for the feast of the fittest

Knowing that only with tempered rumination of words and avoidance of gristled ear

Can it win back the hearts of the diet-wary gluttons

And the indecisive ringside hopefuls

The winner of this dichotomy of give and take

Will meet the all-time wonder of the iconic nemeses

Jolly Red Giant

Arriving within a month by the mere twinkling of an eye

With yet even more to take than to give

Oh, the excitement of it all

Gobble gobble do and ring a ding ding