John Lawless Poet Free verse

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Oh, Christmas Tree

OH, CHRISTMAS TREE

Denial covers its tracks -
clouding the memory.
SILVER, it was freakin’ SILVER!!!
Glittering, glossy, garish, tin foil, SILVER!!
Required no ornamentation,
no tinsel tossing, no death
defying wiring, only a spinning 
rainbow disk to splash
crayola colored lights
upon SILVER branches.
It resembled a fringed
strobe light hanging
from an inverted ceiling.
I would imagine
Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
shaking silver Pom-Poms
cheering it on.
There would be therapy,
recurring dreams –
lost in a tinsel silver forest
on a distant Christmas Eve.
When we threw it out
I placed it in front of
someone else’s house.
Occasionally,
at Christmas,
someone will ask:
“Do you remember…..”
only to be pounced upon
and silenced -
Denial covers its tracks.


©12/8/2017

submitted to – Christmas Tree – Poetry Contest

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Jonashea Cunningham January 2, 2018 at 11:05 AM I love this beautiful and nice poem is oh, Christmas tree poem. So I would love to write my own Christmas tree poem. I love to write poem always.

Winged Warrior December 10, 2017 at 4:36 AM Hi, Ho Silver lol...poor little Christmas tree...I hope you gave it a proper burial...at least a Silver lining cremation lol...god bless and happy holidays John...^WW^

Nette Onclaud December 9, 2017 at 12:26 PM ohh, this is hilarious, john... i would have cried the whole season with a tree like this.. fun-tastic... huggs

Eve Roper December 8, 2017 at 8:14 PM this is hilarious, john, now that I think about my mom did one up one year :)

Judith S December 8, 2017 at 7:34 PM Oh my gosh John!! I am laughing hysterically at this. What a great take on the theme! I was just telling a friend yesterday about my silver trees of childhood ... oh and the cardboard fireplace!!! Totally serious about this lol! Great write. So fun to read :) ~ Judy

Rhoda Tripp December 8, 2017 at 4:49 PM Ha! I love it! A silver Christmas tree is just all wrong on so many levels. Glad you were able to cover your tracks. I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you for sharing!

Jan Allison December 8, 2017 at 4:38 PM ha ha ha that is a hilarious story John and i remember when we were kids our tree was just like that we had to add ornaments and lights but it was definitely silver foil lol. we have never had a real tree but our artificial green one is quite realistic. Not sure if we will bother with it this year(we didn't last year just for 2 of us) but may make the effort with son coming home:-) :-) hugs jan x