The annual conversation
Calculation
Contradiction
And finally action
Brings the Christmas meal to the table,
The kitchen aromas add edgy anticipation to the day.
Is it a slow relaxed cook,
Or a meticulously planned dance around the controls of the oven?
How many recipes for stuffing are in play?
Yet, for all the expectation
Preparation
Observation
The end result is always noise and laughter
Sitting round a table, sharing food, songs and stories,
Being together, hoping for a ‘happy ever after’.
Jo Hansen 