Holiday

On a holiday,
We eat together and we want the food to be good.
On a holiday,
We stare at neighbors and wish them a little less happiness
For, only we know how to celebrate, how to cook.


I have cooked a meal of potatoes
for my sons, daughters, their spouses and mates
I have spent hours on this
cooking and smelling the only dish I have prepared


We will be together, this holiday
and pray for a better fortune for the next
The very grand, we look at you, to shower on us
a new batch of healthy potatoes for the next
holiday.

Shringi
10 June 2012
Painting of 'The Potato Eaters' by Van Gogh