Benedíc nos Dómine et haec Túa dóna quae de Túa largitáte súmus sumptúri. Per Chrístum Dóminum nóstrum. Ámen.
Miz Busy with her homemade apple pies Uncle Alfie lapsing into a snore Young lads and lassies making goo-goo eyes Miss Billie’s cookies (shhh…they’re from the store)
Children frolicking only with their ‘phones Jolly old Ed basting burnt barbecue An altar boy gorging until he groans The teenagers’ gross game of choke and chew
Young marrieds getting into a squabble Politics roaring like a thunderstorm Bubba came drunk; he’s beginning to wobble Tox ‘tater salad that’s gotten warm
Unidentifiable glop upon a stick – No, I’m not going to the parish picnic
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It’s not at all reactionary, tho’ it might be drivel.
Lawrence Hall’s vanity publications are available on amazon.com as Kindle and on bits of dead tree: THE ROAD TO MAGDALENA, PALEO-HIPPIES AT WORK AND PLAY, LADY WITH A DEAD TURTLE, DON’T FORGET YOUR SHOES AND GRAPES, COFFEE AND A DEAD ALLIGATOR TO GO, and DISPATCHES FROM THE COLONIAL OFFICE.