Conviviality, adj [LL convivialis, from the Latin convivium banquet and fr com- together + vivere to live]:  enjoying companionship and the pleasures of feasting and drinking; jovial; festive.  (New Merriam-Webster Dictionary)


"Conviviality" (For Cryssa's Challenge)

C ome, you said, when you saw me wiping my fourteen eyes
O nce more, What makes you so sad?  No bother, really, it's
N othing at all, I said, It's just whenever I hear this piece by
V ivaldi, 'The Four Seasons,' I get a bit nostalgic.  You see,
I 'm here on holiday.  Where are you from?, to which I replied,
V enus.  Oh!, you clapped, I love Venice!  I went there last year.
I t was wonderful:  saw the canals, rode the gondolas and all.  
A hhh ... VENUS, I said, you know, second rock from the sun?
L et me out of here!, you screamed and ran out the door.  And
I was having so much fun.  Eating the last of my dessert, I
T hought to myself, are all men like this?  Know they are on Mars.
Y ou know, whoever said Earth was a happening place, L I E D.

(c) 2009, Karla Dorman (10/7)