November 28, 2019: Thanksgiving in Istanbul

they always smile
when I buy a ticket
to a show there
last time Hamlet
today ballet
figuring this
couldn’t be in Turkish
dance is
after all
a language of its own
so is a smile
to brighten this day
on a non-Thanksgiving
in Istanbul

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