My Christmas Poem
I bought this Christmas present
For the next-door neighbors,
Lovely couple. It’s one of those
Things two can share. I’m really
Hoping they make good use of it.
I could leave it on their doorstep
Or somewhere on the back porch.
If I dared, I’d sneak it in and put it
Under their tree like it’s from Santa.
I’ll probably just put it in the mail.
Fictitious name and return address.
Don’t want ’em to know it’s from me.
With all their endless fighting and their
Complementary totally belligerent
Attitudes, I don’t need them thanking
Me in person for the butcher knife.
Just settle their fuckin’ differences
And give us some peace on earth.
©2023 Daniel S. Irwin All rights reserved.
Daniel S. Irwin was born, raised, and is back in town at Sparta, Illinois. His card reads: Artist, Actor, Writer, Soldier, Scholar, Priest. He has won awards for his art, acting (over 100 films and 30+ stage productions), writing (nine books and work published in over one hundred magazines and journals world-wide), retired military (Air Force and Army), graduate of Southern Illinois University/Carbondale and has attended four other universities), and is an ordained Dudeist priest with a Ph.D. in Divinity (not bad for a heathen). Once worked as a medic in an institution for the criminally insane…but didn’t notice anything strange about the inmates. Latest on-line work can be found on Horror, Sleaze, Trash Magazine and Beatnik Cowboy. He would love to move back to Europe but fears the plague.
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