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I’m sorry to impose.
I know you weren’t expecting us.
Oh hush!Mama Alice says
from the couch
where she and Ms. Viv
have gotten introduced.
It’s no trouble.
I’m just so glad y’all are here.
This is not the time
to be without heat, my lord.
I must say, Ms. Viv
says then.
It smells divine in here.
What’s that you got cooking
in the oven?
That’s my mom’s turkey,
I say with pride.
We won’t eat dinner
until around four
but it will be worth the wait.
Can I help with anything?
Lyric asks then.
Oh, no, darling, Mama Alice says.
You and Ms. Viv just warm up
and relax.
Junie—maybe it’s time to start a fire?
Mom calls from the kitchen
where she’s resumed chopping something.
I can do that.
Wait, a real fire?Lyric says.
