that came out of its box
and then was right for posing
before I turned to the tie
and did even more poses. Next came Jane's card
Ben's card
Dansyl's card
Fran and Dick's card
and Judy and Lenny's card
which meant that it was time for Ben
and Sarah
to get ready so that I
could go to Chip's
house for the party. Sarah and Michele were there
as was Jane
when the first food
appeared and the people
amused themselves in conversation with Sarah
Andrew and Chip
Judy and Michele
seeing the food
as Carol
Jacq and husband
and John Shea
were on the other side of the table.
Bill and Martine
were in the kitchen when Martine
and Carolyn
announced their intentions to depart.
Bill was nice enough to be the photographer for this sequence of
images of the presents being opened. He began with a crowd scene
and then the hostess
and Paul Dimaggio
explaining university films while I posed
with the tame one and admired
the others. I kept opening
as Suzanne and friends
wondered where we'd fit the coin sorter
in our house and Paul and Bernard
watched pennies
being opened as Chip led the crowd
as they asked me to read and explain
while Jane and Lulu
watched as the big cards
amused many in the crowd
and the next card
amused the little ones
before some more pennies
amused Carol
Leslie and Kathy
and Will
until I finished
and tried to clean up the mess
as conversations continued
and I talked to Jane
as an incognito person
told Sarah, Martha and Andrew
to pay attention to the cakes
so that it could be an official birthday party.
back at home, Sarah recorded as I opened her presents
and took out this shirt
with the message
I should have taken to the party. That done,
I opened
the next package
with this shirt
which brings a more subtle message
to those who read it. Then, I started on the big package
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which is elegant and will need to be a larger size and this card
which the assembled
thought meant a new bow
for Jane as Sarah escaped the presents
and did this gallery
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that after investigation
we decide was not for me since I don't wear these
though I am happy to try them on
before doing further investigation
and having Suzanne put it away
to the amusement of Jane
and Sarah
as the package
as the package
led to snow
and we studied the room
before I started to move the left overs (a weeks worth of food)
to the refrigerator for storage.