Este Día y Esta Noche
All Souls
The family dining at
The gravesites of
Family
The veil even thinner
Than the evening
Before
That was
Hallowe'en
As
The three with
All Saints
Become
For us
Para nosotros
Its own kind
Of
An intimate
Triduum
C L Couch
Photo by Roger Ce on Unsplash
The aroma of marigolds specifically serves as a guide to bring los muertos to their families on All Souls Day (El Día de los Muertos).
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How We Ate
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Somehow,
We had turkey
On Thanksgiving and on
Christmas though not at any
Other time of year,
Not even from the deli
We had ham at Easter
Corned beef and cabbage on
Saint Patrick’s Day
Pork and sauerkraut for New Year’s
Cheeseburgers and fries,
Holiday cookies on
Christmas Eve
On Valentine’s my mother would make
And serve a two-later, pink
Heart-shaped cake
Speaking of cake, the Easter cake
Was made into the shape of
A bunny with coconut
For fur
With cardboard ears
The insides colored pink
With the carnation crayon,
Then all laid upon a grass of green-
Dyed coconut with jelly beans
Scattered in the grass
My brother Rick taking black jelly-beans
To place behind the bunny’s butt,
Which aggravated my mother
Every year
That was family holiday food
I could be missing something
We ate well
Better and better,
I’m thinking each year
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C L Couch
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Photo by Maddy Hunt on Unsplash
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(no, we didn’t eat bunnies—we were bunnies)
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Something Is Going to Happen
Something pleasant
For a change
Something with a little spice
A little love
Things that try to set the tone
Are doing so by doling fear
Anger, hate
Too easy an agenda
Hiding other interests
While we’re distracted
Time for some calm
With which to see the emperor or wizard
I don’t mean CBD
Though that might be interesting
I was thinking maybe
Meals
And walks after
Feeding all types of needs
In consideration
And respect
Maybe we’ll find out that we like each other
And if not
We’ll have had the meal and the walk
Food and easy exercise
And did I mention who’s invited?
Everyone on Earth
C L Couch
photo by Arisa Chattasa on Unsplash
rainbow snack on hot pan
Passion Play
Act Four
He is arisen now
Who caused the rising
Disciples will say the
Spirit of God breathed
Into his body once
Again
So that he might walk
Upon a mortal land
To testify
And heal
And more simply to
Take meals with friends
Psalm 24
a song of in-between
What do we do on an in-between
Day? How might we please
You, Lord, on this kind of day?
If we do small things—speak
More softly and with civility
To those we know and those
Whom we encounter;
If we see the grey wash of
Sky and appreciate that it
Is not a sky of harsher conflict;
If we enjoy the colors, textures
That we have (even awash) and
Simple meals within our means
To have three times—post-dawn,
At midday, and again in twilight;
If we choose to look at harmony
And listen to the view—if
We accomplish these diminutive
Tasks, maybe without thinking,
Might we still please you? We
Do hope so and so we pledge,
Even if all around us is
An indifferent age
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