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Christmas 1
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It’s Christmas day
What shall we say
But that the world
Is old and tired
And ornery
And peace taken
For an illusion
Some might enjoy
Invented
Only on the inside
Then a webinar
With fees
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Here,
The sun is out
The temperature has climbed
Into two digits
There are icicles on the screen
Outside the casement
Of the window
Church is on line
Not only hundreds of miles away
But the consequence of heart disease
Is to stay
When the weather is extreme
Either way
And to deal with low energy
As in
It takes me forever
To do anything
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And did Christ come today
Christ comes
Every day
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And in a good way
I don’t care if
It was December 25
Or the ides of March
Something happened
The child of God was born
The child is also God
Was born
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Is there meaning
In the other ways?
Of course,
There is
These seek the truth as well
And we should
Be
Should be
With them
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Christmas is cultural
I’m at church
Hearing the songs
Hearing about the welcome
Of Ukrainians
Here
And I am glad
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It isn’t peace on Earth
Only in
Such a small portion
Of the whole
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And shall we say
Jesus was born?
I think we should
It’s history
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Then in a supernal way
Maybe the spirit’s born again
In loving refugees
And loving refugees
Maybe there were times
When mortal Jesus
Felt outcast
Alone on Earth
As and why he walked away
From time to time,
Once
Prayed in the garden
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You know,
We may take up
Exegesis
And
Evangelism
Later
And may I pause midstream
Like the saint to say
To the child Jesus
(I to you
and I a mortal child),
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Merry Christmas
And for twelve days
That make
This varied
Still hopeful
Hopeful, still
Yes, brief
Season
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C L Couch
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Photo by Robert Kalinagil on Unsplash
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