2024’s Holiday Poem
Christmas in California
Is rolling 'round again
I look forward to sharing it
With family and friends
This season's feeling haunted
A hard to argue fact
Beneath the strain of politics
And people clapping back
This shopping season's last chance buys
Spark lukewarm interest
As shoppers look toward '25's
Incoming tariff threats
With Pluto in Aquarius
Regimes are burning down
The People are now taking aim
At every tarnished crown
It's hard to lift a cup of cheer
With such uncertainty
So I'll nestle with a spicy book
And a mug of steaming tea
Inside the lights shine merrily
And Christmas carols sing
This California Christmas
Will be about one thing
The love of friends and family
As we circle 'round our trees
And this year's hard-learned lesson
To save some love for me
-gws
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