CHRISTMAS

HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
I MEAN
HIS MOTHER WASN'T THE KIND TO SEND HIM OUT
ON A RAINY NIGHT
FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE WAITED TILL MORNING
BUT SHE'D INSISTED AND HE'D GONE
CLEAR ACROSS THE TOWN
AND FOUND THE PEOPLE THAT HE SOUGHT NOT HOME
THEN STARTED HOME
WET AND A LITTLE SAD
SHE'LL BE DISAPPOINTED
SHE WAS COUNTING ON HAVING IT TONIGHT
WHEN HE'D GOT HOME THE HOUSE WAS UNNATURALLY STILL
TILL HE SHOOK OFF THE RAIN AND STOOD IN THE HALL
CALLING 'MOM ARE YOU HOME'
THEN CAME THE AVALANCHE
A BURSTING OF WORDS OF PEOPLE AND EMOTION
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON