Ambivolent Thanks Poem by S. I. Rednow

Ambivolent Thanks



We made Christmas and Easter marketing days
Now Thanksgiving too because these are our ways
The day after Thanksgiving we pray even more
We pray we're up front when they open the store

There's a Spirit of Christmas but when does it start
This Black Friday term seems to reference the heart
I prosper by chance as some people insist
Though a god of coincidence doesn't exist

We claim that we're thankful but we don't say to who
Meaning thankful I'm lucky I have more than you
Giving thanks to the Lord may to some appear odd
But this day was meant as a thank you to God

Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: holidays
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Are we really thankful to God or is 'thankful' just the appropriate holiday term to use?
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S. I. Rednow

S. I. Rednow

Swindon, England
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