For you, David G.

CHRISTMAS DAY DAWN, RITE I

GOD it’s early!

I thought sunrise services only happened on Easter;

and perhaps they SHOULD.

I’ve got plenty to confess, as you know,

since you heard me calling your name last night, in vain,

while assembling that *&$@#% bicycle.

Forgive me, Lord; I wish I were at home in bed.

I wish my mother-in-law were at HER home in HER bed.

The stockings are hung by our chimney with care –

more care than I’ve given you this season;

and that’s just one of the ways

I’ve taken the “X” out of “Xmas.”