bring a dish

someone bring potato salad
in a big yellow bowl.
someone brings
cold chicken
on a cold plate.
there's one shrimp left
on another table, the red
shell still in tact.
there's coleslaw
and small crispy things,
wraps of some sort,
might be carrots inside,
leeks?
another person brings
more potato salad
covered in foil.
a woman carries in a tray
of deviled eggs
sprinkled with paprika.
there's a tossed salad
on the table
with two giant wooden
spoons stuck into the leafs.
in comes a tray of pasta
salad, a home made
recipe, her arms buckle
with the weight.
finally a man carries in
a bucket of
potato salad and sets
it on the floor
next to a cooler of beer.
you wander with your clear
plastic fork,
searching, searching
for something to eat.