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Thanksgiving

Giving thanks is thoughtful I think.
The Pilgrims did it long ago,
With a fine feast of food and drink
To thank the natives ever so.
When that Thanksgiving day was done,
The red man's gifts were soon forgot.
The white man took the land by gun -
Too good to share with savage lot.
Throughout Thanksgiving history
The thanks we gave and gave and gave,
While ever on a taking spree
To make us master over slave.

So giving thanks, I think is fine;
But, living thanks is life divine.