The Day After Thanksgiving
The Day After is always a poem
We cooked and cooked all of us by the time Peter put our megaturkey on the table near Bruce's glamorous flower arrangements by the time our 36 guests arrived some didn't come snow flu pulled back 7 Tibetans went to Woodbury Commons they chose shopping over Turkey 36 guests arrived we loved most of them Bonita always a forgiveness challenge Bonita on Ferguson Bonita on cats versus humans I keep thinking Bonita has to have another side maybe not Shelly brought a new light machine maybe i eliminated some inflammation the machine helped me look like Houdini Chesray and Noah made samosas Aurora fried polenta Phyllis baked gluten free coconut cookies gluten free an odd new hobby Edite and Keith came from Maine friends filled our house they were funny and loud and messy spilled into rooms we made each other laugh we were every one of us glad to be right here glad to be