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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Weekend at Pop’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By Ann Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Fried ham, fried ham <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheese and baloney<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pass the macaroni salad<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And we’ll have onions pickles and relish<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And more fried ham, fried ham, fried ham.” <o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>camp song circa 1970.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>family trickles in and out<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>cool red Berry juice for the kids<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Humid air captures and tends the aromas <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>cooking clouds of sizzling skirt steaks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>drift like tantalizing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>culinary canaries<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>enveloping Pop’s sweaty face.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Roasted sweet peppers and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>barbequed chicken and Kielbasa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sun drenched or umbrella shady <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>all day the eating, drinking<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Talking and laughing <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>During Pop’s summer BBQ.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>meat roasting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beans bubbling<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hot dog slathered in bright mustard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Chili and kraut<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The tang of it<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cements the good times to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tongues and hearts. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pour from the jug of homemade red<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or maybe grab a brew.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tell jokes or throw darts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and when it’s over and the coals burn from red to gray<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>sing the last song before the coming night takes it all away.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2022<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Ann M. Chiappetta, M.S.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Making Meaningful ConnectionsThrough Media <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>914.393.6605 USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Anniecms64@gmail.com">Anniecms64@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All things Annie: <a href="http://www.annchiappetta.com">www.annchiappetta.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>