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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

AN AWKWARD THANKSGIVING

by David Feela




The cars in cue twist between orange cones

Like a snake, drivers and passengers waiting.

It’s still early morning at the testing facility 


Which has not yet opened, but the day’s task  

stretches like a painted hopscotch pattern 

on a playground before recess begins.


Everybody is so tired of paying attention.

We all want to play, to stop being told what  

should—and especially should not—be done.


The swab up the nose is our final test 

before holiday begins with a road trip or flight, 

and a gathering where families give thanks 


at the table for the bounty they share, and 

dare we say it again, each precious life. 



David Feela writes columns for The Four Corners Free Press and The Durango Telegraph. Unsolicited Press released his newest chapbook Little Acres.