Pomegranate

I read stories of all the food that makes Thanksgiving for people.  The food is rich and varied.  The only thing it all has in common is it is special.

Tomorrow

As families blend and morph

Into new versions

Of themselves,

More dishes will line the tables

At Thanksgiving.

A few years ago

I introduced pomegranate seeds

To a new crowd

Of unrelated people.

Since we were not in charge

Of the salad,

We served them as a garnish

For mashed sweet potatoes.

Years ago

My beloved*s introduction

To pomegranate seeds

Came

When he met my family

For the first time.

In his struggle to figure out

How to eat it a seed

My brother noted

He had dropped one

On his sweater.

This is now part

Of Thanksgiving

Pomegranate stories.

Other families share stories

Of cranberry salads.

Our stories often feature

Pomegranate seeds.