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<div dir="ltr">Shelley, Queen of Bells <span style="font-size: 13pt;"> Out! </span>
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<div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Christ Crush: Poems and a Story </span></div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Sep 8, 2022, at 3:47 PM, Ann Chiappetta via Stylist <stylist@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Weekend at Pop’s<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">By Ann Chiappetta<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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camp song circa 1970.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2022<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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
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<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>
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