- for the two beautiful people referenced herein -
My cosmic sister’s earthly name is Pam,
and she’s just wed my brother’s best pal Leif.
We Joneses all comprise their favorite fam.
(You’ll note this verse is not the kind called “slam.”
(That choice of rhyme was dubious. Good grief!))
My newly wedded sis, whose name is Pam…
you’ll never see her push a baby pram
unless it’s filled with cats or Yuletide beef.
Instead, she’s auntie to her favorite fam,
and all Joneskids have memories to cram
an omnibus that wouldn’t be so brief
of lore about their favorite Auntie Pam.
Embedded in this poem’s a tiny cam
ensuring that there never will be grief
between these two in our extended fam,
whose marriage shall be tender as a lamb.
And may they both elude time’s grinning thief!
So ends my silly poem for Leif and Pam
and all their cats, prized members of our fam.
-- Christmas Eve, 2023, Honolulu