The Holidays Loom

stars

and

red

and

green

smell

the

pine

gold

frankincense

and

myrrh

brandy

in the

nog

if only

or

maybe

I hadn’t

and

then

again what

if

and

never mind

that was

then

and

then

is yesterday

our histories

set

in stone

i have

books

to read

and

republicans

to mash

and

children to

feed

waste

no

more

time

on

yesterday

we are

old

with

little time

use

it well

be

free