marcy sent us tea for christmas

(we sent her a necklace   beads and silver)

two teas   mint medley and sweet kisses

i'm sipping sweet kisses

i couldn't sleep past five   i rarely do

i like this quiet time

yesterday was quiet   perhaps too quiet

zooming with distant friends and family is good

but a poor substitute for the reality

of hugs and face to face conversation

and more than anything   laughter

still   a good day   any day with pasta puttanesca

is a good day   now   the hullabaloo is over

it's quiet again   except for the refrigerator's hum and rattle  

~

ah   what's this 

dawn

pink and blue