Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas Passed

Now tell me no more about Christmas,
I have survived it once again
busy,  short-shrift  no less
than usual.


It’s the tinsel, the politics, the hype.
I have survived it once again
hungry, bereft no less
than usual.


Someday I’ll pass it all by
the tinsel, the petty politics, the hype,
and celebrate the astonishing love meant
to be usual.



                     Wanda McCollar

4 comments:

  1. Yes Wanda please do that.Grasp that fleeting experience.Enjoyed this poem.

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  2. My husband keeps trying that, and I consistently undermine.

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  3. Loved the thought of this..why don't we all not go to that "celebration of capitalism"!

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  4. Thanks for saying what most of us are feeling!

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