Sunday Scribblings # 98 – 7 Dinner Guests

By Jenn Hicks | August 16, 2009 |

7 guests at my dinner table.
My choice.

But no,
I decline that option.
Over-stimulating. Under-gratifying.

I don’t need genius, celebrity or saintliness.
The ego chatter can’t please.
There is no place at my table for that

No, I’ll have just 1 guest, thanks.
My dad.
Having his undivided attention
would
reach into my dark places
with a little light.

floreta on August 16, 2009 at 10:28 pm

i know what you mean about ego chatter. my list, i fear, isn't varied enough. they're all mostly saints. lol

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Americanising Desi on August 17, 2009 at 8:55 am

awwwwwwwwww… 🙂 lovely!

Pop Comes the Baby

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Linda Jacobs on August 17, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Beautiful last line!

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amillionbrilliantshadows on August 17, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Undivided attention is great. It never even occured to me that 7 people might be overly stimulating.

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gautami tripathy on August 17, 2009 at 4:19 pm

I am with you here..

feasting in that crescent-shaped cove

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Fantasies of a Lifetime on August 17, 2009 at 6:28 pm

aww, thats so sweet & lovely last line 😀 . . .

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Old Grizz on August 19, 2009 at 3:08 am

in this day and age it is great to find someone who loves her dad so much. I'm going to forward your blog to my children.

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linda may on August 22, 2009 at 5:59 am

We girls love our Dads warts and all. Mine is gone now and I think of him very day.
"ego chatter" I like that term, very good. I will have to remember that one.

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