Christmas In July
We turned the corner to an old town road
while heading for a chosen place to eat.
Before us was a home, a small abode-
all set for Christmas- seeming obsolete.
You see- it was July! We thought perhaps
the ornaments were never put away.
Could be the owners let the time elapse;
kept all in place for their next Christmas Day.
We found the restaurant, entered, and sat
across from a fine family- complete
with a small boy, wearing a Santa hat;
his sister, in a Christmas dress- so sweet.
The waitress saw us stare- said with a sigh:
"Their dad will be deployed in just two days.
So they are doing Christmas in July-
before he leaves to join the wartime maze."
July 13, 2022
Contest: Your Favourite Rhyming Poem
From The Second Half Of 2022
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Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2022
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