Poem: Unseasonal Xmas

 

Unseasonal Xmas

 

mutton clouds

wrap an eyeball of sun.

filet-white stare

to overlord the trapped sinews

of a meekening winter.

 

such bleachers

of half-flaxen stick figures.

icy, droopy, dirty,

heralds of translucent daze:

 

people bent in pews, offices, classes, theaters, stores,

melting with humdrum,

suffering unthought poses

through staid, forgettable gamuts.

 

this blizzard of fallen wings.

a challenge of glazed angels.

similar to those laminate ornaments

available at the dime store.

 

it is true,

 

hope has been known to survive such fiascos,

half-starved and hurt,

till it braves the next trenchlike punchbowl,

amid avalanches of fake smiles,

and forced laughter.

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1/6/23   "forced" replaces "fake"

12/4   switched positions of "false" and "fake" 

12/3   "ornaments" replaces "tchotchkes"

12/2 ... changed the prepositions in the "pews" stanza ...