Everything Is Still Alright Poem by RIC BASTASA

when you arrive
dinner is served
and we have a drink
of some bottles of beer
we have some desserts
and you say you love
every part of it
the longer nights
matched with our
conversations
we laugh a lot
and then you have
your bed and bath
warm as you describe them

two days and we tell you
have some more
and then you leave us
everything is alright

despite the fact that you
forget to say
thanks

perhaps you will justify
we never ask for it
at any rate we shall always say
welcome