leave me alone for Christmas

December 10, 2007

Like in a glass-sided beehive,
the poor and dying press
against the window of my mind.

I cover the glass with candy canes
and Santas.

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3 Responses to “leave me alone for Christmas”

  1. qazse Says:

    December 10, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    this is a repost from last year

    Reply
  2. christine Says:

    December 10, 2007 at 11:22 pm

    Heartbreaking because of its prevelence and in some cases, subtlety.

    Reply
  3. qazse Says:

    December 11, 2007 at 2:13 am

    If we only lived a quarter of what our hearts tell us to believe there would be no angry poems.

    I am listening to Soulive do a cover of Stevie Wonder’s Jesus Children. I love Stevie.

    Reply

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