company for dinner


hot kitchen,
the loud fan lies to my skin


chopping board
 silver knife, emerald lettuce


my hair dances in the breeze and sticks to my face
ruby red watermelon drips on the floor
fragrant onion sings in the pan


salty slivers of anchovy
 creamy golden egg yolk


big yellow bowl on my black counter top
 forks for 12

 bon appetit!

two black puppies
7 happy children
plastic cups sweating on the table


sharing memories, making new ones
steamy summer night
 bare feet picking up gravel on the sidewalk


car doors interrupt the humid silence
voices drift across the dark dry grass


let's do it again soon!