COLUMBUS DAY!

A

COLUMBUS

DAY

FEAST

In the gold mouth

Of the morning,

I knead the bread

From wheat.

Mix broccoli, bacon

In wooden bowl,

Add raisins

Sugared sweet.

A Burgundy wine

From His own grape,

Marinating beef,

Will seep.

Then later boil

Egg noodles, white,

Pile in a

Buttered heap.

Chocolate cake,

Oh, what a gift,

Miraculous

Cocoa bean!

All day prepared,

And used His cloth,

From cotton plant,

To clean.

The guests all gather,

Toast the feast,

We pray, we laugh

And eat,

Then with our coffees,

Outside, crisp,

Round fire

Take a seat.

For today a feast

In October,

No bother, cold,

No grief.

And to top it off,

We have some smokes

From His glorious

Tobacco leaf!

Then fire’s flames

Faint to a glow…

Some stare

As it looses its might,

While others sigh,

For sleep is nigh…

And smoke streams into the black-silk…

Of His night.