Holiday Season

Autumn's weather so spiteful, drear Arctic streams from north veer To southern climes listlessly steer Foreboding skies with gray clouds blear Voracious winds solemnity doth jeer Yet hearth's room filled with cheer Holiday mirth around bend doth peer Tidings of good will shadow all arrears Pumpkins mellow in fields now clear Dry, scaly leaves denuded lawns commandeer But mistletoe's crimson tide appears With colorful shade to cloak hearth's veneer Melded into wreaths; dressing each tier Interior furnishings gaily decorated; lighted with gaudy chandeliers Every gleeful spirit becomes a clairvoyant sloganeer Every joyful mouth sings the merry lines of itinerant sonneteer