the last reunion

in time there
will be only three people left
to attend
your high school reunion,
but you suspect
one person will be
the woman who organizes
it every other year.
her job since graduating
has been
to gather everyone together,
again and again.
searching
for former students
and teachers to attend,
and notifying all
of who has bought the farm.
she is relentless
in her pursuit,
begging you to come.
to bring pictures, to bring
memories,
to bring your own beer,
or chicken
to throw on the grille.
the days of the hotel ballroom
are gone.
no one cares much
anymore, checking
the maybe box, saying that
maybe they'll come.