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I remember watching that movie 
with you the year we separated

It was just released on VHS  
and for some God Forsaken reason

we rented it together 
on Christmas Eve at your place

You had come upon this crown molded 
apartment in an antique house

I leased a Formica townhouse thirty miles 
or so down the road

Neither one of us wanted to be alone
so we got together out of some

pragmatic separation etiquette
on Christmas Eve.

That flick is really funny
a classic contemporary distraction

that continues to un-clot future strokes 
so you can eat more turkey skin.

I liked the part when Cousin Eddy emptied 
the RV ter into the storm sewer

You liked the part when it ended, and Jesus
when it ended, I choked up over the credits

while you were in the kitchen asking 
if me if I wanted another beer,

which I didn’t…and usually do.

Did you know that Christmas Vacation
didn’t have a soundtrack of its own

even with all the classic tunes 
and the great original title number

Which I always recall with
the credits closing that night
for some God-Forsaken reason 

So now I’ve said “God Forsaken” twice
No   three times    in one poem

even though I’m an Agnostic now
with very little saint left in my nick 

Fa La La La La and Ho Ho Ho
Jingle jangle jingle as we go
Let the spirit of the season
Carry us away…..

The static fuzz flashed us by that night as we
contemplated sleeping together
which we didn’t.

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