A slight Xmas poem


from the ABC set ALMOST ZEN

Though they say
Santa Claus has
rosy cheeks
to me he looked
rather pale
Though they say
he smiles a lot
he coughed a lot
in my case

I found him sitting
at an outdoor café
on a very bleak
Xmas day
I didn’t
approve of his
unwashed clothes
and he kept
blowing
his nose
to my dismay

He asked me
to give him a lift
for he had just
sold his sleigh
I asked him what
happened to my gift
and he looked
the other way

At least he let me
finish my coffee
and hold his empty sack
which isn’t red by the way
it’s very very black

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