It was a banquet, a summer
wedding under plum trees.

Long trestles adorned with
evening dressed table skirts.

Lines of L back chairs laced
ribbons balloons with roses.

Red white et bleu candles
burned unevenly quenched.

Wax stains, wine blobs, ash,
lipstick transfer kissed glass.

Place marker, name tag,
wire meshed cork, bottles.

Bunting, well wished cards,
written speech, crumpled.

Fish in shoals, bread in bowls,
lemon fingered watering holes.

Caw winged gleaners, black
tie sophisticates, Corvidae & Co.