I Can't Wait for Thanksgiving Because...

Thanksgiving was the dining table

and the football game on TV,
the annual confrontation
of Aggies and Longhorns.
Both were emotional events,
the desire to win it all...
but times change.
"So good-bye to texas university
We’re going to beat you all to
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem
Rough Tough! Real Stuff! Texas A&M!"
and "Texas Fight, Texas Fight,
And it’s goodbye to A&M.
Texas Fight, Texas Fight,
And we’ll put over one more win."
may still ring out but not at the same game.
And the food on the table is bountiful
but no one including me
demands I eat from every dish.
And from the feast, it's easy to
build a meal fitting my food plan.

I can’t wait for the Thanksgiving holiday
because I can visit family and friends
without a stomachache or guilt,
for the times have changed!