thanks

not for your yanks

or the pranks

the good things top the ranks

the Army's tanks have helped save our planks

they do not fire blanks

and it is all about money in our banks?

 With 'thanks, my countrymen, my loving friends

you are many who should be recognized

many have escaped our praise

gratitude is always appreciated

for thanksgiving we should count our blessings

laugh and enjoy, aid, smile, in our land of plenty

a penny is a penny

it now takes way too many

I can not even get half a tank full with a twenty

to walk, talk and avoid heart block

I admit I have been shell shocked

too many different starting blocks

the pilgrims at Plymouth rock

now we go by an atomic clock

my own life is based largely on common stock

the doors need to be unlocked

thanks to you

those I knew

some may have passed through

maybe I never outgrew

what it is I pursue

some things became taboo

beef stew, gym shoes, kung fu, home brew

big blue, what I blew, some never came to

Thanksgiving

living

forgiving

reliving

admitting

for a day maybe all the bad vanishing