Christmas

CHRISTMAS

HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

I MEAN

HIS MOTHER WASN'T THE KIND TO SEND HIM OUT

ON A RAINY NIGHT

FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE WAITED TILL MORNING

BUT SHE'D INSISTED AND HE'D GONE

CLEAR ACROSS THE TOWN

AND FOUND THE PEOPLE THAT HE SOUGHT NOT HOME

THEN STARTED HOME

WET AND A LITTLE SAD

SHE'LL BE DISAPPOINTED

SHE WAS COUNTING ON HAVING IT TONIGHT

WHEN HE'D GOT HOME THE HOUSE WAS UNNATURALLY STILL

TILL HE SHOOK OFF THE RAIN AND STOOD IN THE HALL

CALLING 'MOM ARE YOU HOME'

THEN CAME THE AVALANCHE

A BURSTING OF WORDS OF PEOPLE AND EMOTION

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON

f. a. vollmer