Happy Thanksgiving!

We thank you God for potlucks

Where a multitude can cook

With ingredients and spices

That aren’t from just one book

From casseroles and dumplings

Hors d’oeurves and canapés

Puddings, sauces, pastas,

To sensational flambés.

How boring when there’s just one dish

Or flavor to fit all

How yummy and much more delish

When our feast’s a free-for-all.

Our faith is like a banquet too

With many forms of seasoning

Where Christians, Rastafarians and Jews

All do their separate reasoning

But all can share one table

Break bread and sit to eat

Enriched by our diversity

From pumpernickel to whole wheat.

So we are our own blessing

Our gratitude’s made real

When we as friends can feed and serve

Each other in life’s meal.