Christmas 2010
Anxious for ice
For slip and slide
For accidental crack and smack
For ringing tills
And monumental unpaid bills
For how the hell to beat the sleet
And now the tympani of hail
Sudden as stones against the panes
For best-laid
Confidently made
Plans for gathering kith and kin
Trains motorways and planes
Taken as read, google-mapped
The many miles, no problem
Swift as Santa spanned
As we the festive folk
Christmas getters and spenders
Assume assume consume
The world to be turned
Justice spurned
For this is our will and our way
I seem to recall
A baby born, simple
Unadorned
Something stated stark
A star illuminates the dark
Meaning and message long long lost
As eyes in the gutter
Anxious for ice
The loveliness shines unseen
Anxious for ice
For slip and slide
For accidental crack and smack
For ringing tills
And monumental unpaid bills
For how the hell to beat the sleet
And now the tympani of hail
Sudden as stones against the panes
For best-laid
Confidently made
Plans for gathering kith and kin
Trains motorways and planes
Taken as read, google-mapped
The many miles, no problem
Swift as Santa spanned
As we the festive folk
Christmas getters and spenders
Assume assume consume
The world to be turned
Justice spurned
For this is our will and our way
I seem to recall
A baby born, simple
Unadorned
Something stated stark
A star illuminates the dark
Meaning and message long long lost
As eyes in the gutter
Anxious for ice
The loveliness shines unseen
December 18th 2010, Brighton, for my faithful followers, Pam, Jude, Gill and Jenny, with love
To the lovely lady of words and Andy - Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy New Year,
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ReplyDeleteI think this poem is just so stunning, encapsulating perfectly what I feel about this time of year.
Thankyou Sally for the many poems you have shared this year such a pleasure to pause to read your words.xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sally. Made my day!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sally.Have a wonderful Christmas. Pam x
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