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# Charmed
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/charmed/
- Published: 2026-03-17T18:37:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:10:38.000Z
- Description: “Charmed,” scenes from a St.Patrick's day in the burbs. Written March 17, poem 076 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo, "Rainbow over Maui," by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Humor, Poems, American Food, Charmed Life, Dinner of Champions, Family, Family dynamics, Food of Minumum Nutritional Value, Holiday, Husbands, Kids, Magic, March, Mom Dinner, St. Patrick's Day, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

*Morning, Kitchen:*  
Kid: Did you wear green?  
Me: No I forgot —  
Kid: I'm gonna pinch you!  
Me: Please can you not?  
\- - -   
*Afternoon, Foyer:*  
Kid: Ashley didn't wear green today!  
Me: You didn't pin —  
Kid: I pinched her!!  
Me: Did she consent to that?  
Kid: And Taylor didn't either!  
Me: Please tell me that you —  
Kid: I pinched her too!  
\- - -   
*Evening, Kitchen:*  
Him: I forgot to buy corned beef  
Me: It's OK. It would've needed  
to cook for hours anyway."  
Kid: Can we have pizza?  
Him: Didn't you have pizza for lunch?  
Me: What about sheet pan dinner?  
The brats and broccoli  
and mini potatoes?  
  
Him, mischievous: I have an idea!  
\[He reveals enormous red box\]  
Kid: LUCKY CHARMS!!!!!!  
Me: \[soul sucking grimace\]  
Kid: THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!  
Him: \[quiet, assured simile of success\]  
  
Family minus me:   
\[sits down to engulf eight cups  
of dry, frosted extruded grain meal  
and dessicated sugar lumps  
with Red D40 and probably lead.\]  
Me: Charming.   
\- - -  
*Evening, Dark Corner, Family Room:*  
Me: \[Skulks off.\]  
Me, again:   
\[Eats vanilla ice cream  
covered in Fruity Pebbles,  
with Red D40 and probably lead,  
and whipped cream  
and marshmallows\]  
  
Me to self: "Taste the rainbow!"   
\[weak, half-earnest laugh\]  
  
Me, still:   
"Wait, that's the wrong slogan."  
  
Me thrice:   
"Stop talking to yourself."  
\[sigh\]  
//End Scene//  
\- - -  
This St. Patrick's Day,   
my family is   
as colorful as ever.  
  
Here's to   
ridding your life   
of snakes and serpents.  
  
And to filling their void  
with semi-edible,  
mostly toxic,  
all-American food products.