Wanna give a wordgift?

[serene]

[filtered so that klwalton can't see it -- I'll open it up on her birthday]

It's klwalton's birthday in a week. Anyone wanna give her a wordgift? She loves words and the beauty of poetry and good prose, and I thought that with you crew, that was a good bet for a b'day present from your resident flat-broke writer, along with all y'all. So if you want to give my dear friend a lift on her birthday, please post a comment here, giving her a gift of your words -- it can be spontaneous or studied, poetic or pragmatic, prettily formatted or not, your own words or not -- whatever you feel like sharing with her will, I'm sure, make her day. Who's in?

Here's my contribution:

The green tomatoes
were tiger-striped,
and the red stippled with deep indigo
layered with cheese and herbs
laid in studied disarray
on the trays you strained to hold
and I sat in surprise
that time didn't stand still
that all eyes didn't focus on you
on this gift,
this effort,
this exertion
all pretty in green and red and indigo
and your exasperation, clearly loving,
clearly
clearly
you