The last Family Thanksgiving

A beautiful day started just right

the family all came

like the years before

they began to talk 

someone remembered

 the last time we were here

we had thanksgiving 

slept on the porch

no you must be wrong 

there never was one

but oh I remember

a shush o'er the the eating

as a secret  revealed 

Mother had gone

to an old boyfriends house

she'd told the kids

it was grandma's house

the fight that ensued  

Dad stood up  

said he was through

first the potatoes flew

into Mom's hair

then with a sneer

she threw the gravy

his head was drenched

someone said

pass me the turkey

and everyone did

needless to say 

it was a free for all

as cranberry sauce

slid down the wall

screaming and yelling

some started to cry

as Mom said the children

are mine 

you have just one of the five

that was the end of the free for all