Antipasto and joyful noise
as cooks arrange their specialties,
I’m just trying to keep my poise
while surveying those amenities.
The family slowly gathers in
to tell of journeys on the road.
At last on hand are all the kin
now spreading ’round this small abode.
The food is more than meets the eye
for through the meal a guest arrives.
He is that love we can’t deny
Who overflows in all our lives.
Yesterdays Gone By 