Over the river and through the woods,
To have a first-rate play;
Oh, hear the bells ring, "Ting-a-ling-ling!"
Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day!
Over the river and through the woods,
Trot fast, my dapple gray!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting hound!
For this is Thanksgiving Day. (“Over the River and Through the Wood”/A Thanksgiving poem by Lydia Maria Child 1844)
I guess, if you have never been a victim of a mass murder or have had a loved one’s life lost due to a domestic terrorist, you might still wonder what all the fuss is regarding Gun Safety Laws. I mean come on now, it’s only a few thousand lives lost, and honestly, none of them affected YOU, (so one might say) I suppose, if you never were raped by a stranger or a domestic predator, like your father or brother or uncle, and decided an abortion was a choice you needed to make, you might assume that abortion is an abomination because all that the female is, IS, a selfish bitch, thinking about herself first; again because you ain’t no sinful lady (so one might say) I guess if you have never been unemployed with no rainy days savings, and the weather is pouring outside, or you never really needed to see a doctor because those who DO see a doctor are usually hypochondriacs, and even with pain and suffering still cannot afford to see one, because you have no income, coming in, you could give one shit as to the lack of COVID relief funds; I mean who doesn’t have a 401K (so one might say). And I guess if you don’t have to worry about walking or jogging or shopping or breathing WHILE BLACK; you think what REALLY IS the issue and why are those people of color acting as if ALL LIVES DON’T MATTER (so one might say)
So I suppose if YOU are not one of the current 12.3 million Americans having tested positive for the CORONAVIRUS, OR one of the 141,648 Americans as of November 22, 2020, who newly tested positive for the CORONAVIRUS OR are one of the 275,000 Americans who have died due to the CORONAVIRUS OR, if you really DO NOT KNOW OR HAVE LOVED any of those who have tested positive or DIED, I suppose traveling to see family for the THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, is Cool! I mean fuck it, fuck that COVID-19, it won’t and doesn’t truly affect YOU…and isn’t the idea that it is FAMILY FIRST AND FOREMOST! I suppose, if bad things only happen to other people, and YOU are not bad, nothing bad will EVER, no, NEVER come YOUR WAY! And that whole Hillary Clinton mantra she used in the 2016 election about “it takes a village,” certainly didn’t help HER!
