A Response To My First Poem
My first poem posted at Soup (it truly is one of my first poems
since I enjoyed doing parodies of Christmas lyrics long before
I began writing other kinds of poetry)
I Heard Mother
(to tune of "I Saw Mother Kissing Santa Clause")
I heard Mother scolding Santa's elf
As I prowled the house on Christmas Eve.
He'd hid in St. Nick's sleigh
And then sneaked out to play
After having waited for his boss to fly away.
Mother caught him gobbling all our snacks
After he tore open every gift.
Oh, when she glared down at his face,
He went scrambling from our place
Screaming, "Santa, stop the sleigh-
I need a lift!"
Written Sept. 28, 2015 - New Poem: The Elf’s response:
A Helper Am I
(to tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”)
A helper am I.
I’m so underfed.
I just want to cry;
I only get bread.
Santa doesn’t pay me a dime!
I see all the gifts
laid out on the floor.
All year I slave
so rich kids get more?!
Santa doesn’t pay me a dime!
Folks leave out milk for Santa.
He hardly seems to care!
And so I eat at every stop
the snacks that I find there!
A helper am I.
I’m so underfed.
I just want to cry;
I only get bread.
Santa doesn’t pay me a dime!
For the Contest of the Silent One
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