Friday, July 19, 2024

gimme, gimme, (s)more(s)*

Holding

The chips fall 
(from where they are ranged 
on my shoulder)
but tonight I find naught but light 

I hear myself sing 
(leaning in to kiss in the pauses 
like percussion)
with happiness a parade of hope
_____________________

Pic: Nu and Big A making smores this evening. Huck and Max like marshmallows too. (Look at all the empty chairs... I always said we needed more kids!) 

Also: All we needed this week was to be home. Apparently, it was an Amazon Prime Day or something, but we needed nothing. And today, I guess there's a global tech outage that's screwing up business and travel? It's a good thing we'd already planned to stay home all day.

* This is always sung to that Britney song, "Gimme More."

7 comments:

StephLove said...

Your yard looks very inviting. Enjoy.

Jenny said...

A parade of hope! I love it.

Gillian said...

Nice.

Nicole said...

Oooh smores!!!
Your yard is lovely! I'm glad you're cozy at home.

maya said...

I love summer <3

NGS said...

One of the few treats Hannah can have is marshmallows. Unfortunately, she doesn't like them. I bought a huge bag of mini marshmallows once and used them as a treat on a walk and on the way home, I saw a trail of marshmallows because she kept taking them from me (So Polite) and then spitting them out what I clearly was not paying attention. What a funny dog! I'm happy to see your dogs like them!

maya said...

Engie--This Hannah story made me LOL! SO polite!!

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