Let's have a gathering. I'm inviting all readers and contributors of HP To my house for New Year's Eve. Ring in the new and all that stuff. We'll have a bonfire. Bring your worst poems (not the ones published here) I'll keep the fire going for the first hour. All our tinder will get free light. Bring your inkless pens, blank paper, Keypads, phones, laptops, And we'll toss them all on the heap. We'll drink, and smoke, and curse; May even use some bad Trump words As we quaff, inhale, and turn the air blue. We'll feed the metaphoric coals with odes, Watch them rise to heaven in simile sparks, Smell the figurative smoke, Hear the onomatopoeic couplets sizzle. We could burn an effigy of Elliot, That's with a Y not a T.S. (Just for fun...) Several pinatas, one Pence for sure, You can bring your favorite to beat on. Can you imagine the fun we'll have? And when the evening comes to a close In the early morning, And the fire has died down, We can read our best aloud To put everyone to sleep, To alleviate the hangover.
It would be nice to someday have a real gathering, and meet all our favorite writers. I volunteer Vicki's place. :)