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Thanksgiving

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James Crews
Nov 27, 2025
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Thanksgiving


Today I give thanks for the kitchen table

made of scavenged barn boards, where

my love and I have gathered to feast.

I say thank you to the scarred surface

which wears rings from sweating drinks

and remembers the heat of too many

arguments without a winner, as well as

the softer warmth of words we offer

each morning over steamin…

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