Christmas Poetry
Draft Makeover #2. I had no idea I'd ever put this gem together. And by gem, you know what I really mean. In fact, I think I know why I never pushed the Publish button on this post. (First saved in mid-December, 2012. You'll know what 2012 was all about once you get to the sixth stanza.) Twas a Few Days Before Christmas With SINCERE apologies to Clement C. Moore Twas a few days before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, except for a mouse. The winter coats were hung by the back door with care, Only because I had just put them there. The children were supposedly all snug in their beds, While visions of iPods whirred through their heads. And Tim with a beer and I in pajamas, Had just settled down for a night without dramas. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, Tim sprang from the couch to see what was the matter. Away to the back door Shadow flew like a bat. Tim opened the door and almost fell flat. ...