HOLIDAZE

My forgetful father
did not bother
to round up the children
to find the afikomen
which meant
the Seder never ended
and the extended family
never left the house
and no one ever had desert.

Passover
is coming around again
and we’ve gotten used
to the new state of affairs
with seventeen people
living in our two bedroom house
but I hope
this year
Dad remembers
and Exodus occurs.

If not, I may just
remember
that my father was first born
and go Biblical.