ILLINOIS AUTUMN: Thanksgiving

THANKSGIVING DAY

That we
Should have
Waited
Until now
Is
Hardly
A thought
To be held
This Day
Does not
Mark
Our Thanks
It does
Not begin
Them
For how
Can a ring
Find its
Commencement
This Day
Is but
The acceleration
Of what
Has seemed
To move
More slowly
Than it should
And the reminder
That we should
Maintain our
Strength
And stay
The course

- 23 November 2000