They come!
They gather!
They smile!
They smile in incongruous exaggeration
Smile to elicit a favour
Smile to break the moment
The moment of upturned corners
Gracing the world with a social smile
Disguising a stressed face
A stressed face mimicking; impersonating another
Testing for the genuine until
It melts into the Duchenne
The Duchenne smile of all smiles
Real; warm; eye crunching
Dopamine in a face
In a face that draws each to the other
Elicits the power of friendship
Summons past that icebreaking beginning
And then …..
Then they drink!
Smile Like You Mean It (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Ginz&Tonic 
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