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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 ~

thoughts

become

things . . .

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