Arranged and always pleasant, though
Not fabulous in cost,
We’d breakfast, lunch, and dinner there.
Although it wasn’t lost
On me, the way that strangers focused on
Our decoration
When we knew, the real centerpiece
Was always
Conversation
To share is human:
The bowl of fruit and flowers
in the centre of the table
are likely talked about by all
as oft as they are able
they sometimes disappear alas
and fall down through the crack
but father gets down on his knees
and puts the flowers back!