Happy Holidays

THE 26 LETTERS OF XMAS

Advent brings catastrophes,
depressing even festive
geezers. Holy incandescence
jingles kindness loose.
Merry Noel -- originally pagan --
quells religious strife.

This unflinching verse
wraps
Xmas's
yearning
Zeitgeist.

PROMISES BEFORE SLEEP

Okay, Magi. I vow,
by Christ, to equip,
feed, aid ... & doze.
Joyeux Noel!

-- Jolly Ol' Nick, who axed a fir & gave me topaz bisque