It’s Thanksgiving Day, and I’m sick with a cold
and I’m still trying to give thanks for all of it—
give thanks for having really good work to do
and a house and a loving wife and daughter
and for music that has run through my life
as aong as I can remember, bringing beauty
everywhere all the time, and for good health
even when I’m sick, even when I’m disgusted,
even when I just want to be able to breathe—
even then am giving thanks for giving thanks.
