Come in come in I’m so glad

you could come how good

to see you I’m fine thanks just fine

lunch is laid out in the dining room

 

let’s open the wine

 

so we can enjoy ourselves

take your plate into the garden

the lilies she planted last fall

have just come into bloom

 

yes lovely

 

do take a second helping

I gave the caterers her special recipe

have another glass of wine

the music was beautiful

 

wasn’t it

 

she helped plan everything

that was our niece who sang

marvellous voice I’m fine

 

really fine everything

just like she’d wanted

wonderful

to see you let’s have a hug

 

do stay a bit

we’ll all go out to dinner

there’s a great place

we used to

 

thanks so much

for coming, goodbye yes

it went well

so nice

 

you could come

get together soon

you’re the last

wish

you could stay

I’ll walk you to your car

fine

 

love you

fine

give us a kiss

 

until                 fine

later of course

I’m fine

thanks

just fine

 

Ruth Bavetta

Ruth Bavetta’s poems have appeared in Rattle, Nimrod, North American Review, Tar River Poetry, Slant, American Journal of Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies. Her fifth book will be published in 2022. She has been an Associate Editor for Good Works Review and has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize.

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