A Christmas Poem

Eggnog, tinsel, falling snow

Buttered rum and mistletoe.

Christmas trees and hanging lights

The sound of carolers fills the night.

Shopping hours long and hard

Visa phones and cancels card.

Unpaid bills and mounting debts

Family gathers; depressions sets.

Drinking starts, harsh words are said

Dysfunction rears its yuletide head.

Argument turns to shovin

Drunken brother pushes cousin,

Tree tips over, popping lights

Curtains catch, house ignites,

No one hears the reindeer fright.

Wedged in chimney, Santa dies

Though he kicked & fought & did perspire

His chestnuts roasted on an open fire