#burntdinner

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[andreazellner]

burnt dinner: revision

aunt louise and aunt linda began fighting over who would cook thanksgiving dinner

at grandma's february funeral

(cold grandma, cold ground)

when we arrived that november at aunt linda's door

were we surprised to see

the windows thrown wide against the cold wind,

smoke billowing upwards to the heavens?

(grey november smoke against grey november sky)

we shouted, we called out

(we cussed under our breath)

we found her

smoking over the charred remains of a turkey

match flame creeping towards her fingers

(hot oven, hot bird)

our eyes stung, lungs on fire

hard to say why we wept.

(the matches of our grieving)

aunt louise cooks now.

[andreazellner]

#NPM12: burnt dinner

Prompt from the http://3030poetry.com/: burnt dinner

after a long and protracted fight between Aunt Linda and Aunt Louise

over who would cook Thanksgiving dinner now that Grandma died,

we arrived at Aunt Linda's house to see smoke

(grey against grey November sky)

pouring from the windows

we entered frantically, calling her name, shouting through the haze

we found her

calmly smoking next to the smoking oven

with a charred half-cooked smouldering bird

ashtray overflowing with

half-smoked smouldering cigarettes

our eyes stung, lungs on fire

 (the matches of our grieving)

hard to say why we wept.

Aunt Louise cooks now.