| Poetry of the DarkChild |
| "Coming Together" Everybody in the kitchen cooking cakes and pies... mixing chicken and gizzard dressing jamming to an oldie's and R&B selection... That bird is being stuffed his sister is being fried... brother already in the oven cousin may be lucky... but then again... more family is coming by so.... he's on the counter being thawed... Uncle Joe telling all his stories of how it was coming up... Aunt Debra gossiping as usual... dominio's being slapped on the table Uncle Steve already in the hold by 3 with grand-daddy Joshua All the kids running around while grandma is doing her thang... laughter and music echoing out of a small house... walls jumping... floors vibrating... relatives clowning... drinking... dancing... like a juke joint after 12:00 midnight No stress... worries... hurt or pain... knocked out with one lick on this day of serenity... coming together a rainbow of personalities... with a pot of love at the end of the road... can't ask for anything more on Thanksgiving.... (c) 2005 Lacretia Johnson |