Blackwater Writing Project

June 20, 2007

Split Personality

Jingle bells are chiming
Stores are packed with shoppers
Family number one sits around a table
Cheerful voices and wonderful food
roast, mashed potatoes, corn bread,
all served by an angel.
Thanks is heartily given.

Jingle bells are chiming
Stores are packed with shoppers
Family number two sits around a table
Drunken voices arguing
Exotic foods from other countries
all served by a cheerful giver
Old days are rehashed

Jingle bells are chiming
Stores are packed with shoppers
Family number one discusses all the changes
Little children run around
Everyone leaves happy

Jingle bells are chiming
Stores are packed with shoppers
Family number two drinks socki
Many presents are opened
Trecherous uncle makes passes

Jingle bells are chiming
Stores are packed with shoppers
A little girl sits wondering
What the answers are.

3 Comments:

  • I'd like to know more about that little girl. :)

    This definitely gives me a very christmas feeling--I can almost sense the shoppers and terrible christmas music at the mall.

    And good lord, for a moment, I almost missed it!

    By Blogger Kat, at 9:17 AM  

  • Christmas isn't as jingly as it used to be.

    We need more jingling.

    By Blogger Andrea, at 9:31 AM  

  • Hmm, it's almost like Andrea is responding to my post . . . more jingling, indeed!

    By Blogger Donna Sewell, at 6:21 PM  

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