Thursday, December 19, 2019

Merr//(y^^Chr{i{[s))t,mas//( - not really a poem, but a grocery bag is involved

Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

Merr//(y^^Chr{i{[s))t,mas//(

Red and green smears on a crinkled plastic bag
One doesn’t need to read the words to know -
Higher-order thinking skills from the third grade
Lead the thoughtful passerby to infer
That the flying grocery bag wishes us
A Merry Christmas. Does anyone ever stop
To read a plastic bag? If the red and green
Lettering communicated Eat Poop
And Die would anyone notice? But the bag
The disposable bag disposed indeed
Skitters along the December highway
Tormented by the ragged slipstream of
Every muddy Christmas automobile

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