[Editor’s Note: Dr. Hoult is Culver City’s poetess laureate.]
If you look at signs on store fronts it’s hard to find a turkey
Or a pumpkin pie displayed without a jack o’ lantern lurking
The goblins and the witches now wear garb that’s red and white
They look more like Santa Claus…a much less frightening sight
But even yet more frightening is the shifting of our focus
For we seem to move directly from Hallowe’en to Christmas
Now our Thanksgiving holiday is spent shopping in the malls
Buying toys and gifts for Christmas and things to deck the halls
We should give thanks for all we have in this land we call our home
For we know that it will welcome us wherever we may roam
It did so many years ago for the early Pilgrims
Who were fleeing homes in Europe to find religious freedom
This year let’s stop a moment and give thanks for all our blessings
Before we gobble up our turkey with the cranberries and dressing
For it is up to each of us to find an answer to the question
Then make sure Thanksgiving Day remains important to our nation.
Dr. Hoult may be contacted at HOULTight@aol.com
