WOW

can’t remember the name

but remember

that guy we used to like

on that show

what was it called anyway?

anyway

we were all together

and what’s her face arrived

remember her

she lived next door

when we lived on Otsego

or had we moved to Westchester

yes, yes, New Rochelle

no, no it

was in the Hollywood Hills

anyhow it was

afternoon, or was

Christmas Eve

no, no

Thanksgiving

yeah, yeah Thanksgiving

remember

we all had loved the soup

that Vicky had made

or did someone else bring it

anyway

turned out

the soup everyone loved so much

was really the gravy

for the turkey

yeah, yeah,

it was gravy not soup

when we found out

we all laughed and agreed

it was a better soup

than it was a gravy

it was pretty

funny

that must have been

twenty years ago

yeah, I’m sure of it

twenty years

no wait,

could it have

been longer

yeah, yeah

it was

wow

- by Ivan Jenson