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           <big><big><font color="#cc9933">Feast andFamine</font></big></big><br>

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There comes a time of year to be thankful.<br>

When the table's full and hearts are too.<br>

        <br>

The mind wanders and I think of you.<br>

I think of times we wandered through.<br>

        <br>

When the snow came early to the scene.<br>

A Currier and Ives style hunting dream.<br>

        <br>

We trudged all day in the bright sun,<br>

brought home the bacon to drinks and fun.<br>

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Stopped for a few days to just enjoy.<br>

Life was our oyster, our new toy.<br>

        <br>

Now I sit, exhausted, before this machine.<br>

My life is much fuller living my dream.<br>

        <br>

But my mind is still empty when it comes to thispage.<br>

It can't open up and see the new age.<br>

        <br>

I know food aplenty will soon come my way.<br>

But my mind is in famine on poetry day.<br>

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So I'll trudge on through the holidays,<br>

with you and the snow on my mind.<br>

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And someday, too, I'll leave this faminebehind.<br>

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