Betty Nichols
Response
Shipwrecked Spaghetti
By Ash Martins
Inspiration piece
What I wouldn’t give for one last family dinner with mom’s homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs
Garlic bread toasted just right
Chilled 2% milk
That refreshing iceberg salad dressed with ranch that came from a packet
And veggies spared from the “garden”
(Because, “You can’t grow much in red clay except wine grapes”)
Expertly home baked boxed cake with rich frosting from scratch
Topped with those grocery store candles that drip on everything
Everyone singing the birthday song off key on purpose
Before opening gifts I didn’t ask for
Arguing about who knows what
Laughing about everything
All of the ‘I love yous’ woven into the deviled details
What I wouldn’t give for one last moment of togetherness
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