Another brief break from the epistles.

These are not serious people
We have
            an ageing oompa loompa with bad hair
            a doughy smirk of a man (and I use that term loosely)
            a half-hearted mark of enthusiasm with his name on a gun
            a hairstylist’s model
            a wolf in puppy-dog disguise
            and a quiet lack of personality
a veritable table full of uncles at Thanksgiving
who you ignore because they get loud and obnoxious when they’ve been drinking
and you don’t want to embarrass your aunts any further
because we still have to get through dessert

(18 February 2016)