Since at least 2010 there has been a gathering on Saturday mornings. It began with my oldest son, a friend and I having coffee on the beach as the sun came up. Eventually, as the weather grew cold it moved to my back porch, and when I downsized, it moved to my friend Randy's living room. The following took form as we met for the last time in 2017.
SATURDAY MORNING: IT’S A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Tis a week before Christmas and we’re at Randy’s house
We gather with friends and we all run our mouths
We sit in a circle and I’m in a chair
We talk of our lives with nary a care
The topics are varied, opinions diverse
And on rare occasions someone will curse
When we show and tell, there’s rarely more fun
Because at least one of us is showing a gun
This morning we’re twelve, tho some, they are missing
Mistletoe has distracted them, they’re off somewhere kissing
The greetings are warm, the well wishes true
And, yes, disagreements, we have some of them, too
But it’s friendly discussion, our goals are the same
To keep all of our governments from being so lame
Elected officials, yes, they join us, too
In election season, there are more than a few
We share biscuits and coffee and occasional sweets
We communicate by email
Not everyone Tweets
But media savvy, we all claim to be
More than our politicians, it seems like to me
A sure wealth of knowledge, it comes with this crowd
And every so often it gets very loud
For passion and action are part of this, too
The world’s problems all solved, if up to this crew
We sit and we talk, we talk and we sit
Need an idea? We’ll come up with it
The coffee is cold, mid morning draws nigh
It’s time to get moving, before the sun’s high
The gang filters out of this welcoming place
Back into the world with its frantic pace
Twas our last time together in this year it seems
We’ll come back together in Twenty-Eighteen
Christmas is coming; the New Year is, too
And all of us people have so much to do
When those are accomplished, we’ll be back, not much later
For we always enjoy the
He Man-Woman Haters!
Merry Christmas!