Ladies Book Club

While we remain open-minded
regarding the mention of Literature
we do not confine ourselves
to the topic.
Rather, talk of books is interleaved
with stories in the oral tradition—
what our loved ones did a day
or a decade ago and
What We Thought Of It,
and then we must create time
for cookies and green tea,
wine and chocolate and raucous
rounds of laughter at ourselves
caught as we are
in pleasure and predicament
mid-plot, eagerly turning the pages,
sharing literature, light.