Holiday = A new Poem

Permission

to request

attention

Smack down

for tall poppies

Christmas with your family

drunk Englishmen

in summer

wildly good-mannered

still, kind.

Or a twisted

Broadway musical

scene

with my family

an obligation

served by proximity

The apartment is

cozier

because I’m planning

to stay home more

The month flickers

A perfect transfer

twice I walked

straight onto my train.

This represents

another year

without you

No more lamb

roasts

people hardly feel

the need to eat

here

let alone share

I’m saving up for a

feast though

Bring Love

and leave your temper

at the door.