Yes, it's Christmas once again:
Commercial dance nearly done
only morning-after sales left,
unless of course you're Orthodox
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very well-written piece with a powerful delivery...it really makes you sad if you think about it...keeping speaking the truth, my friend!
Meaningful and lovely thoughts, especially the line about our own divinity.
the profound sometimes disappears ftrom the human heart fearing as it does ultimate matters more seeming safely found in the acquisition of the latest fashion but in the end a poem like this brings the heart to where it must always return a fine poem
Hugh, thanks for this poem...just in time too. I get a little irritated at Christmas time...capitalism...that's all it is. I hate shopping...but love giving....and I love remembering a time when life didn't seem as busy...this poem was just what this ol' girl needed. You're a champ among poets.