RobbLightfoot.com Humor Me

10Dec/110

Oh, Christmas Tree – 2011

I'm hoping to be decorated before Christmas

I'm hoping to be decorated before Christmas

Oh Christmas Tree..... 2011
Robb Lightfoot
 
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree,
How naked are your branches
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree,
We sought you out, ‘or many ranches
 
Not so long ago, we bundled you,
On the top, of Mom’s Subaru
We brought you home, and Daddy-o
Stuck you in a bucket, on the back patio
 
Oh Christmas Tree oh Christmas tree
How naked are your branches.
 
Our bulbs and bangles, sit next to you
But no one here, can find the time to
Hang lights, or garlands, or tinsel blue
It’s really sad, but oh so true…
 
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree
How naked are, your branches
 
Your needles dry, and hit the floor
But little kiddies, dwell here no more
They used to clamor, to load you so
With stuff they made ­, from head to toe
 
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree
How naked are, your branches
 
Paper clips, tin foil and string
Play-Dough makes… strange-looking things
All sit in boxes, so near at hand
Memories of the Promised Land
 
Oh Christmas Tree, oh Christmas tree
How naked are your branches
 
 
We live in hope, that sometime soon
If not this morn, then per’haps by noon
Some once-small child, may drop in here
And take the pains, to spread some cheer.
 
So gather round, brush ‘way the dust
Drink some eggnog, if you must
Please open a box, do it for Mom
Put on the star, with joy and aplomb
 
And know that you, shall someday see
A tree like this, that’ll be for thee
A memory of, the things that change
And how the years do rearrange
 
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree
How naked are, thy branches
 
Our lives enrich’d, yet we sense loss
A space, a void, and some lichen moss
That lingers here, just out of sight
Adorn me please, before Christmas night
 
Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree
Bring one home, and take your chances
Tagged as: , , No Comments
   

Pages

Recent Posts

Tags

Antioch University art Bennington College Boston University budget Christmas Cornell Elves Elvis Evil Florida State University Humor Johns Hopkins University kids Lucy MFA museum New York University Northwestern Northwest Institute Pacific University Poetry Tree University of Alaska University of California at Irvine University of Iowa University of Michigan University of Nebraska University of New Orleans University of Texas University of Virginia Vermont College Warren Wilson College Writing

Blogroll

Categories

Meta