No, I did not ignore or forget
Christmas. I know that I have not yet
expressed my greetings of festive cheer.
It’s havoc in my schedule this year -
with wife away due to transport woes,
I have been burning fingers and toes
cleaning and shopping and, yes, cooking
too; besides working till late evening
for a month or two. My brain is fried,
Go sleep! my limbs and eyes often cried.
Ah! But could this be just an excuse
to buy time for the lazy man’s Muse?
Or a ploy to help the Christmas mood
last through Christmastide as my tree would?
Don’t bother to guess, for even I
have no answer for the reason why.
Just... I hope these words have made you smile,
a smile to cherish mile after mile -
Merry Christmas and may the spirit
of the season be jolly and sweet