“our great country of money, we (forgive us)”
We Lived Happily During The War - Ilya Kaminsky | La Croix - Cran-Raspberry
Brigid Hogan
"Sweet Jesus, my life is hateful to me."
Or Death and December - George Garrett | Pok Pok Som Drinking Vinegar - Ginger
"I could leave my loneliness behind with the old year."
It would be neat if with the New Year - Jimmy Santiago Baca | Not Champagne
“ease the strange hollowness we feel” / “So in closing I send you our love”
Christmas Night - Conrad Hilberry / The Christmas Letter - John N. Morris | Eggnog (optional: with brandy)
"like needles, crystals, you are happy."
You Are Happy - Margaret Atwood | Anything with a friend
"with nobody listening we are saying thank you"
Thanks - W.S. Merwin | Gatorade
"Bit by bit they are making over the world"
Gradualism - Kenneth Rexroth | A Really Good Hot Toddy
"and we hope - across the most strange year to come -"
Minnesota Thanksgiving - John Berryman | New Glarus Coffee Stout
"and yet am thankful, mostly"
Little Prayer in November - Lee Randolph | Kevita Cleansing Probiotic Apple Cider Vinegar Tonic: Turmeric Ginger
"when you have no stomach for it"
The Thing Is - Ellen Bass | Two Glasses of Water