On Joy
In the Company of Women
Make me laugh over coffee,
make it a double, make it frothy
so it seethes in our delight.
Make my cup overflow
with your small happiness.
I want to hoot and snort and cackle and chuckle.
Let your laughter fill me like a bell.
Let me listen to your ringing and singing
as Billie Holiday croons above our heads.
Sorry, the blues are nowhere to be found.
Not tonight. Not here.
No makeup. No tears.
Only contours. Only curves.
Each sip takes back a pound,
each dry-roasted swirl takes our soul.
Can I have a refill, just one more?
Let the bitterness sink to the bottom of our lives.
Let us take this joy to go.
by January Gill O'Neil
Since sometimes we just need to focus on JOY, today I am doing just that. Can you remember the last time you laughed with a friend so hard that you could hardly catch your breath? tears were running down your cheeks? May you be blessed with great laughter and delight each and every day.
Sending love, Marilyn
As a matter of fact, I DO remember when that was -- and it was last Friday when I took my friend Kate to lunch and she told me the story of her birth. You wouldn't think that would be funny -- but I was almost on the floor laughing.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn, you find the most wonderful poems. And this one is about coffee - it's something I really enjoy in the morning, and sometimes a cup in the afternoon. It's good to have a great laugh now and then, and sometimes my Nel will say something to make me do just that. All my kids say silly things from time to time that makes me laugh. And now, I see it in the grandkids. Thank you for your post today, Marilyn. And that photo sure is lovely. LOVE that tea cup and saucer, it's gorgeous. What a charming table with the candle and "fly" card.
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I like the words "joy to go" - what fun to laugh with friends and bring the joy home with you. What a pretty tea cup and saucer.
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