HA!!! Christina, this is a gem! LOL
CW, Mary :O)
--- Christina Fletcher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This is a new draft of a daft poem I posted last year. It's just for
> fun -
> my Christmas card to y'awl along with best wishes for a very happy
> Christmas
> and a thumpingly good 2002.
> christina
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> How Still We See Thee Lie
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> I thought I heard a giblet sing, 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'
> and then I heard a salmon croon another old, familiar tune.
> A choir of sweet soprano quail resounded through the shopping
> aisle
> and when I pricked my turkey's skin it burst into a glorious hymn.
> Sad carcasses in cellophane - the raw, the roast - rise up again
> to beat your wings, to squawk and preen for Christ is here - the
> new-born King
> has come to bring eternal life: let faith transcend the carving
> knife.
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> christina fletcher
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Good Cheer & Be Well,
Maryann Hazen-Stearns
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