On Christmas: A Sonnet

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On Christmas

I’m never sure which way to turn to sing

before the buzzing crowds of Christmas fans

or even if a song is best to bring

to greedy mouths and ever-grasping hands.

It overwhelms the senses, giddy yet

alarming, expansiveness abounding---

the brotherhood of credit cards and debt

the tinsel-wrapped carols resounding.

But when, at night, it gets quiet at last

and gifts are chosen, hidden till the day—

the mania, the shopping frenzy past—

I can hear it, humming my stress away.

There is a peace. I think it sounds like snow.

That peace. One gift I wish I could bestow.

 

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