Housewarming
Mac says it’s easy you can grow anything inside anything: a bright green pear swallowed by glass and alcohol. His gift: l’eau de vie, water of life for the housewarming which turns sloppy then brilliant. To the backyard willows! Empty wine bottles tied to branches. Translucent and bronze blossoms clinking in the wind. Rich says we’re growing fresh mangos. Jack says it’s moonlight, moonlight smuggled down to earth. Mary says an orchard of chandeliers, a ceiling of ribbon and glass.