The table, besides me, is bald and bearded<\/p>\n
I’m getting there but hanging on<\/p>\n
we are brought turkey and sides<\/p>\n
Kraft sprinkled mac and cheese<\/p>\n
stuffing with giblet gravy<\/p>\n
green beans with pork fat<\/p>\n
cranberry sauce right out of the can<\/p>\n
they bring it out to us tired<\/p>\n
they bring it out while their kids run and scream<\/p>\n
they bring it to almost whispered thank-yous<\/p>\n
they bring it despite not orgasming in years<\/p>\n
they bring it after breaking down in the kitchen<\/p>\n
while the others keep going<\/p>\n
they bring it to the ones we know are abusers<\/p>\n
they bring it to the ones they’d like to take for a spin<\/p>\n
they bring it to me multiple times because I eat good for my size<\/p>\n
they bring it to husbands who complain about their attitudes<\/p>\n
when their backs are turned<\/p>\n
and they think they can’t hear<\/p>\n
I see some of them gripping the cutting knives hard<\/p>\n
and looking at us<\/p>\n
even me<\/p>\n
like they’d love to bring that to us.<\/p>\n
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