our Christmas tree is a two-section fake
connect unfold the branches fluff
a ribbon twist a bulb straighten
an ornament plug in
the exact kind of tree you’d find at
a department store in a wide well-
trafficked aisle cheery and twinkling
with Christmas carols swirling
in the scented air
I wonder why this holiday is not
celebrated by believers only
the rest of us worship mostly material
things and slip our little bit of religion
at checkout into jars for poor creatures
and people or maybe that's just me
Shouldn’t this celebration be for a Christ
birthed and re-birthed in the heart?
I admit mine is childless though I adore
children and have faith that some
will grow up spending love
more than anything else
and maybe one will go beyond
even that
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