Saturday, January 1, 2022

the five year old

i learn something from the five
year old
i'm sitting next to
at christmas dinner.
he mixes all his peas into
his mashed potatoes.
the gravy too,
the cranberry sauce,
the stuffing.
it's one big pile of goo.
he looks at me
and smiles as he takes
a bite, a slice of
turkey still in his mouth
unchewed.
i do the same, but with a
long swig of gin and tonic
beforehand.

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