A Christmas Carol
The Great Dragon
walks in the Park
In the early dark
of the December night
Between the glowing Santa`s Sleigh
and the young couples
huddled round the Nativity.
Glory to God in the Highest
And Peace on Earth
To all men of goodwill
But to the Great Horned Owl
perched in all his worldly wisdom
upon the threshold of the stars
And the wary little mouse
darting about in the gleanings of the neighborhood pumpkin patch
Is it Christmas
And the equestrian Constable
in a rare
Evening watch
The shy vagrant
who hides a bottle
from the streetlamp
The lonely and afraid commuter
wary of false hopes
and the high price of holiday tangerines
For even the darkness of Space
has Laws
and Mao Zedong
Courts
Christmas proves Man can be good
If only for a day
A couple of weeks
Until Fat Tuesday ?
And the Great Dragon
came alight
like a Four Story tall Christmas Tree.
12/12/14
