Thoughts on
Thanks(taking)giving Day.
By Frank Gubasta
It's ironic that on a day we are supposed to be thankful for
our 'blessings', (as if some diety gave us all the material
things we have like factory farm turkeys), we sit around,
overstuff our faces, watch football (the circus), burp a lot,
fart a lot, drink a lot, and just basically consume, rest,
and consume some more.
What was it Caesar said; give them bread and a circus and
they'll be happy?
But it doesn't end there. Oh no. The Friday after Thanks(taking)giving
Day is the busiest shopping day of the year, followed by the
monthlong, feverpitched, onslaught of Christmas super-shopping.
I wonder if Jesus Christ would be impressed by how the corporations
have turned his birthday into a circus-like spending spree?
This year I decided to boycott Thanks(taking)giving by fasting,
by standing in solidarity with the millions of starving, underfed
people of the world that watch American television shows about
Thanks(taking)giving from the community or shop window TV
sets and wish they had something to be thankful for. Do you
think the images of gluttonous frivolity make them like us
more?
They watch how we go back for second or even third helpings,
and when we can't finish that last plate off we simply shovel
the remainder into the trash without a second thought.
I decided to show thanks that I have a humble little apartment
by cleaning it up. The bathroom was particularily disgusting
but I cleaned it up anyway.
Now it's nearing the end of the day, I'm hungry but alive.
And I'm thankful for my clean little apartment.
Frank Gubasta
Fort Myers, FL
(239) 277-1280
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