Invitation from the Queen of Hearts

Meringue images,
A la mode memories
Of safer days
Fluff my pillow at moonrise.

I made contact with our future
Four years ago.
Will the knave of hearts
Be up to thievery?

We are suspended in pandemic,
No bowl-of-cherries trance
To waft us off to dreamland.

We look for allegories of unity.
The same recipe is what we’re from:
Peacemaking,
Hopemaking,
Lovemaking.

Take heart.
We are cordially invited to the party.
Let’s bring back the tarts.