Turn the Tide by Elaine Dimopoulos

Author:Elaine Dimopoulos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2022-01-11T00:00:00+00:00

After-Party

Lee and I stay up so late,

until the final loud guests

stumble out

after a fifth baklava each

and zeibekiko dancing lessons

from my father.

My mom wants to drive us home,

but we’re wired

and whine that we want to stay.

We all clean up together,

the way we used to

back home.

Lee grins,

loading plate after plate

into our rapid-wash dishwasher —

her favorite thing.

I see some pieces of cellophane

in the garbage,

but I pick them out

without making a fuss.

My parents have always

recycled their aluminum food trays

and used

compostable to-go containers

at their restaurants.

I don’t want to disturb the way

they’re looking at each other right now —

triumphantly,

as if they each performed

the best piano piece of their life

onstage at Carnegie Hall.

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