Holiday Rapids

Holidays arrive earlier every year.

Well within the city limits mysteries

Suburban people to the core escape

Into a wilderness of houses bunched together

Outside town, outside the reaches of police

In giant vehicles much bigger

Much larger than ordinary cars

Good citizens leave congested streets

For the homogenization of milk and mind

Between the city and the farm is space

More peace, less crime generated

Suited for new life to grow

Suburban is the only language spoken

Within the boundaries of God

A new born bunny moves about

Inside a tiny cardboard box it dwells

Inside a new construction site discovered

If not it must be a house, like so many others

Baby bunny must be a gift from mom and dad

Christmas starts in November this time of year

If we pray real hard under the covers

With due diligence as children do

Perhaps Christmas will come in June

A new born baby brother would be nice

But an SUV will do and will suffice

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I had to look up SUV. Sports utility vehicle. Something which is more off road. Something that sounds expensive. It appears, we have an escape going on here from the city to the sticks. People with money seeking a quieter and more natural environment. Something really strange about prayers for new SUV's.I'm sure this poem must relate to something going on in your neck of the woods Earl. Prayers for materialistic things, have sort of lost the plot.

Chris

[Earl Schumacker]

Hi Chris, Yes. The SUV represents power and money. Money and politics are the new gods. Christmas used to fall on Dec. 25th. According to the TV it begins in November. I'm sure it has nothing to do with greed. Hehe. The plot thickens. Have a wonderful day. Earl