3WW... dead threat hungry
father christmas
did not have children of his own
his affair with the gin bottle precluded
him from finding a wife
he liked reading letters hanging out with reindeers
climbing down chimneys and delivering presents
puss always hungry for food and attention
was devoted to him along with rudolph
the red nose reindeer his best drinking buddy
the only threat to father christmas was from saudi arabia
where he could wind up dead if he continued
to drop off presents there
some of his friends having a Christmas party had already been imprisoned
for committing the crime of "plotting to celebrate Christmas "in 2012
Wow! This is now my favorite of your poems. I wish there was a better option for him than drinking, though. What a gift that would be if Father Christmas could give us peace and tolerance!
ReplyDeletelovely piece
ReplyDeleteI echo Susan...about the peace and tolerance. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an intriguing take on the prompt! Beautifully written :D
ReplyDeleteHa! This is wonderful! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this SO MUCH!!!!! Especially the cartoon caption: "We must be over Canada". So true, LOL. We are a diplomatic bunch!
ReplyDeleteI thought you would like this LOL
DeleteMade me smile full of irony and dark humour, interesting.
ReplyDeleteOh, I agree. I love the cartoon. Terrific vent.
ReplyDeleteThis world would drive anyone to drink. Santa you are excused.
ReplyDeleteOh this made me chuckle! And I thank you fr it!
ReplyDeleteA lovely message of tolerance set with humour...nicely done...yes, we Canadians usually say Happy Holidays; I wonder if that is why I learned that expression as a young child Joyeuses Fêtes.
ReplyDeleteVery droll. A lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteHo-ho-ho but so so so enlightening. I was well aware that gin was a mother's ruin but totally oblivious to its resulting absence of Mother Christmas, by juniper. How sad.
ReplyDeleteThe Canada quip made me chuckle too..a fine use of Father Christmas to illustrate all that's wrong with the world..no wonder we need to hit fairy dust and rely on the spiders to block out the truth! (well...that's a new excuse at least!) ;)
ReplyDeleteA very entertaining take, I like it.
ReplyDeleteThat's so lovely
ReplyDeleteTina from The Sunny Side of Life
Fantatstic...absorbing and unique take!! Enjoyed reading....
ReplyDeleteHow interesting...
ReplyDeleteA fun write that suddenly gets serous. I didn't know that! It really is a tyranny there, isn't it? (I guess it shows us there is more than one way of looking at things....)
ReplyDeleteHa! Loved this Rall... Decidedly dark humour and caustic satire in this piece.
ReplyDeleteReally!....tis all playful banter to me:)
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