Thanksgiving 2021
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Gathering in the kitchen
holding hands in a circle to give grace
We knew Thanksgiving would be different
my brother Marty wasn’t with us.
Each of us took an infamous turkey cookie
held it up like a communion wafer
Or some would say, a drink ready for a toast.
The cookie was part of our family’s tradition that Marty created.
silly, a childhood sneaky gesture, cherished,
and here we were about to continue without him
Reweaving his story into a new tradition-
biting their heads off in memory of him.
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