It’s Christmas. . .
and we will gather around
many tables
. . .it seems like we’ve been doing that a lot since
T H A N K S G I V I N G
and now through all of the holiday gatherings
continuing on with the New Year’s Parties that are on the verge
of happening. . .

The Table
before us invites us to gather around it. . .
and it’s not so much as who’s at your table
as maybe who’s been
un-invited
un-wanted. . .

What gets us all
AT THE TABLE
is not our
f l a w l e s s n e s s e s
but the
jumbled
tumbled
Up Messes
we all are
while we still manage to
S H I N E

Pull up a Chair. . .
there’s plenty of room at
T H E T A B L E
and it’s always so less
. . .so very much less
when not
E V E R Y O N E
is
T H E R E