Christmas Passed
There’s Easter eggs upon the shelves
I can’t believe my eyes
The shops are floor to ceiling with
Their leftover mince pies
Why can’t we have a week or two
Before the chocolate bunnies
Share shopping carts with fluffy hearts
For all our secret honeys
And each year ever earlier
These stores make no excuses
When signs tell us to stand well back
Once we’ve lit the fuses
So tell me why this whole damned aisle
Is full of pointy hats,
And skeletons, and spooky cats
And plastic vampire bats
But long before my kids have frightened
All the neighbours witless
The mince pies will be back because
It’s just nine months till Christmas.
Copyright © Terry Flood | Year Posted 2021
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