Potchkeing

Many folks are potchkeing*

In preparation for

Thanksgiving Day tomorrow

And the feast that is in store.

 

Soups and stuffing, pies and cakes,

Turkey, veggies, yams;

Mashed potatoes, corn bread,

Sauce of cranberries and hams.

 

Some make everything from scratch,

Others order in

Or use some combination;

Still, the diners score a win.

 

Kith and kin will gather;

There’ll be football on T.V.

Americans will party

With a stuff-your-faces spree.

 

*A Yiddish word for fussing or bothering,

pronounced “potch-key-ing.”