The Day After
I start sneaking Louisiana Christmas Day October
First.
Making Christmas plans
by mid July.
I beg to put the
tree up as soon as we have
put away our last
homespun Turkey Napkin holder.
With the boxes down
from the attic,
Mom’s dancing Santa
and Mrs. Clause ready.
I grab my favorite
blanket and pillow
to settle in under
our Christmas Tree of twenty years.
This marks the
beginning of a force not to be reckoned with;
a FORCE greater then all our will combined…
The FORCE that is known as ~
Christmas.
||: Christmas
programs, Christmas presents, Christmas pizzas,
A Christmas flurry, Christmas
hugs, & Christmas.
Christmas m&ms,
Christmas Hallmark Movies, Christmas Santas,
A Christmas gray
hair, Christmas lights & Christmas.
Christmas mangers,
Christmas Bell Ringers, Christmas wishes,
A Christmas Story,
Christmas greetings & Christmas.
Christmas Boulevard
beers, Christmas mark ups & Christmas savings.
A Christmas loan, Christmas
White Elephants & Christmas :||
Which will
exhaustively lead us to the day I equally love;
The day the FORCE leaves us.
The Day After ~ Christmas
Taking down the
lights while your warming up leftovers.
Sitting for longer
then the time it takes to put on your shoes.
Writing on a new
computer, building a Monster Lego Castle & Hearse.
Reading KC Crime Central & filling
the house with HAPPY HEART.
Snoozin’ to Turner and Hoo... c…..