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so this is christmas
and what have you done
another year over
and a new one just begun

and so this is christmas
i hope you have fun
the near and the dear ones
the old and the young

a very merry christmas
and a happy new year
lets hope its a good one
without any fear

and so this is christmas
for weak and for strong
for rich and the poor ones
the road is so long

and so happy christmas
for black and for white
for yellow and red ones
lets stop all the fight

a very merry christmas
and a happy new year
lets hope its a good one
without any fear

and so this is christmas
and what have we done
another year over
and a new one just begun

and so this is christmas
i hope you have fun
the near and the dear ones
the old and the young

a very merry christmas
and a happy new year
lets hope its a good one
without any fear

war is over over
if you want it
war is over
now…

margo has opened a present a day alllllllll week

and there are still so many beneath the tree -

friday night we took a horse & carriage ride

through the zoo at zoo lights -

saturday visited the enchanted forest

and had a picture made with santa -

this has been such a wonderful holiday so far 

more than i could have wished for . . .

margo insists

the dark area

around santas mouth

is

hot chocolate ~

its

hard

out

here

for

a

red

cart.

today
with margo still in bed

having been ill all week
and her papa here
to care for her
if she were to wake up
i went for a starbucks

it was around 11
and so i thought id be safe from the morning rush -
the line was too too long
but i waited

p a t i e n t l y
and then while waiting for change
some older man with an accent wearing scrubs

whod been behind me in line in his silver bmw

exited his car
& came uP to my window
saying i needed to go on
because he had a surgery to perform
i told him once they gave me my change
id drive on through
but a part of me wished i could say
yo old man someonell have to do surgery on you
if you dont get back in your car 
*sigh*
that
and the fact that my drink tasted like ashtray
o v e r w h e l m e d  me
so i headed home for shelter
and a nap

i felt small

frail 

and not unlike this 

poor car

id spotted in an alleyway not too long ago . . .

with each ornament

margo delicately placed upon the tree

she would say

its soooo beautiful ~

i asked my margo

what she would like for christmas

& she said

christmas trees!

soooo

here she is

with her mimi

selecting 

the perfect tree . . .

thoughts

become

things . . .

chasing dreams down the interstate
trees afire with color
birds thick like smoke . . .