Hostess

The perfect hostess you want to be

You’ve grown up on a diet steady

Of women’s magazines glorifying the art

Of hosting picture-perfect parties, you want to host one a shade apart

From a generic version that follows a predictable template

You want to create exotic dishes and then plate

In a manner innovative, you scour the web for inspiration

Take your cues from different sources and devise an amalgamation

Of various ideas to throw a party that should impress

All your guests, and be a great success

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In trying to bring unique ideas to the (actual) table

You’ve stressed yourself out, you are unable

To execute your ideas calmly, many errors you make

To add to your stress- your reputation as a hostess is at stake

Finally you fall back on patterns tried and tested

You cook familiar dishes, not the ones in learning which time you have invested..

You decorate for the party with old stuff that you possess

You wait for your guests, thinking the gathering would not be a success…

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When your guests come, you greet them warmly

You are not distracted or busy arranging stuff, you are actually free

You mingle with your guests, and everyone appears

To be having a good time, your worst fears

Remain unrealized, the party is considered a success

The decor might not have been instagram-worthy, but you were a great hostess