Sunday Dinner

today all day
was about family

aunts and uncles
cousins my mom and dad
sunday dinner
antipasto
macaroni gravy
meatballs porkbones braciole
all the ingrdients
for a typical Italian
sunday dinner

it is what we know

talked about the old days
Grandparents came thru
ellis ilsand landing in NJ
12 kids born in Newark NJ
starting in 1911
one room they lived
Grandma took care of them all
while Grandpa walked the
streets to find jobs
good or bad
if he had money
they ate
if no money came
they did not
hard life thay had
my uncles not able to
finish school
had to go work
my aunts cleaning
and cooking

however as they speak
there are smiles of
a happy life
they once new
all together the 12

5 are left
yes they are old
but they are here
for birthdays
for holidays
for barbeques
and so much more
call and they come

32 first cousins i have
no don't see them all
but the ones i do
are still the ones i
grew up with
we are the same
same same same

i am lucky to have
my family around me
very proud

squabbles yes
thru out the years
but we overcame
and here we are in 2006

we are "The Marcianos"

strong bonded commited

this is what we know