Ode To Green Stuff

Green stuff so fluffy

oh green stuff so fair

you’re sweeter than sweetness

you’re lighter than air!

Pineapples and ‘mallows

cool whip and pudd

my salivary glands

think you’re more than good

You’re not boef bourguignon

you’re not coq au vin

but calling you white trash

would be hateful and mean

Though Julia and Martha

would turn up their noses

You’re fairer to me

than red wine and roses.

Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be filled with delectable delights both refined and lowbrow!

You’ve heard my silliness…now here’s a little exhortation… 

Thou that hast giv’n so much to me,

give one thing more, a grateful heart…

Not thankful, when it pleaseth me

as if Thy blessings had spare days

But such a heart, whose pulse may be

Thy praise.

~George Herbert