Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Twenty days to Christmas Dec. 5, 2024

  

It’s 20 days to Christmas and all through the house, the cats are a stirring, and I feel like a mouse, huddled under covers with my nose in the cold, no Santa expected, not even to bring me coal, a haze in my head I can’t seem to clear, no Xmas cards to send, no hope of good cheer, no temptation to send well-wishes, no address find, no presents to wrap save for the ones in my mind, the heater in the living room doing nothing at all, to warm me the way she did as I recall, a kitten for company flat at my feet, while the distance between us is to vast to reach, and I wonder if Santa will ever find a way to deliver his greetings on this coldest of days, no card will I send her if ever knew how, no text message to deliver, no tiding for now, just chill of the season as I ponder her fate, the coming of Santa bringing his cheer way too late.

 


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