UNUSED MISTLETOE

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Sniffles invade cheer~
Tinsel bright, throat very tight.
Unused mistletoe,
kisses taste like grape cough drops.
Snowflakes dance; I ache in bed.

12th gradechristmashealthkisstanka

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Paige Hind

December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM

I would hate to be sick over Christmas. Your poem is still lovely.

Joe Maverick

December 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM

Here i be..Old kill-joy me.' I am as It goes appreciative of tradition..And As a kid 'got told about kissing under' This stuff Sara, all well and not so good Taking nothing from your write which is Well written ( but i can't pass on the educational aspect ) its of pagan mythology and is a cancer of trees.' That grows at the hosts expense so is Seen as fertile at all costs so quite iniquitous in thst messaging.' God bless.)

sara Etgen-Baker

December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM

I appreciate your words...yes, mistletoe is a type of cancer of tree. Kind of sad that we take joy in it. Blessings, Sara