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Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:00 AM

I'm grateful for Barack Obama

My sappy Thanksgiving post got more serious as I watched the Mumbai tragedy unfold.
Joan Walsh

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  • Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:25 PM

    Day of Demonstrating our Thanks

    Too small to make our own way,

    we owe thanks

    to our Protectors.

    City fathers, founding fathers,

    heads of state, heads of tables

    slice the flesh, wield the knife.

    Thanks we owe

    for the instincts of our New Leader

    to reach across and pull near

    those of his own kind -

    tough, smart warriors

    of a lying, criminal mind.

    For these toxic strangers

    we never chose,

    too timid to take our leave

    we reach across tables

    refill the glasses

    to numb the minds

    consume dead flesh

    And Give Thanks.

    —J.C. Miller Read J.C. Miller's other letters

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