it's Christmas in July
look at all the presents
under the Christmas tree
they're each wrapped
so carefully
I almost believe
that someone cares
what are they?
health? sanity? happiness?
I hope so
maybe
is there life?
I crept like a nervous child
up to the starry lights
and shake a few of the boxes
then tentatively
carefully
gently
open it
coal
all coal
insanity, depression, sickness
mm, that's what the wicked
gets
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
Poetry"Poetry...is thoughts that breathe and words that burn."--Thomas Gray "Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." --Leonard Cohen Poems on the tough stuff in life. Poems on the crazy good stuff in li...
