The new Write Out Loud Poem of the Week is ‘Happy Tuesday’ by Lisa C Bassignani - a lip-smacker of a poem with ingredients that include an “extra-tall margarita”, chips and a “king-size” burrito, as well as “fajitas sizzlling at the next table” and “the aroma of onions”. It’s a poem about a moment – and then the moment is gone. On her Write Out Loud profile page Lisa says she is “an artist of many mediums and styles”.  As well as poetry and short stories, “when I am not writing I am engaged in some artistic journey or another. I enjoy painting, crochet, papier mache, decoupage, beading and jewellry making, gardening, cooking, various forms of sculpture and so much more.”

 

HAPPY TUESDAY 

by Lisa C Bassignani

 

Extra large booth

Extra tall margarita

Chips and salsa

And a king size burrito

Mexican love songs and mariachi music 

Piped softly overhead

Smiling faces, laughter

Twinkling lights and colorful flags

A shrine to los muertos

Fajitas sizzlling at the next table

The aroma of onions as loud as the noise 

Lost in the ambience

 "Will there be anything else?"

The moment gone

I gather my thoughts and my things

Pay the tab and go home

Just another day in the life