POEM - Dinner for Weirdos

Forget the decorum
When we meet at table
To break bread and commune
Walls will melt
Under warming familiarity
Until we are all friends
Even if for just a moment
For just a meal
But we have met
And found common ground
Until stories and experience
Lead to smiles and laughter
And the only problem for the trio of weirdos
Is to not push it too far
Because these dudes are quirky
Kooky outliers from expected norms
Enjoying their own peculiarities
Without alienating the other side of the table
But they are experienced in this dance
Each bouncing off the other
A tornado of anecdotes
Keep the conversation humming
And that is the game
To combat the banality
Intrinsically inherent in a business dinner
Because the lead kook has lived
An enviable existence
And is magnanimous in his exposition
Humbly inviting all for the ride
Because he loves the journey
Makes you love it too
And his minions egg him on
Push for the next allegory
Cheer the master story teller
Provide color commentary
Until the tour de force
Wears out the other guests
Overwhelms in a satisfactory way
Leaving an indelible impression
Of weirdos and kooks and loonies
And a dinner not soon forgot