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Mosaic Musings...interactive poetry reviews _ ARCHIVES -> MMHC (Holiday Classic) -> Halls of Montezuma _ Treehugger Santa

Posted by: JLY Nov 19 07, 20:05

TREEHUGGER SANTA

Santa's gone mad, I'm told,
he's now soft in the head
and a bit hard in his heart,
his cheeks pale, no longer red.

He's spending too much time
on that damn internet again,
joined a cult with weird ideas,
geeky, weenie ones they spin.

Santa's been rambling of late,
"children are our salvation,
they'll inherit the world someday
saving us from degradation."

He's lost his jolly soul somehow;
I don't get his new practical bit,
he cares more for Mother Nature
then he does for my selfish spirit.

I sat on his lap the other night,
gave him my three page list,
Santa whispered in my ear,
"you don't need these to exist."

I tried my best to get away
but this overweight buffoon
shouted in my surprised face
the toys I needed to prune.

"Think green and healthy,
go natural , get organic,
wood is good" Santa bellowed;
this nonsense has me in a panic.

Green this and green that,
I'm tired of this liberal bent
my beloved Santa now embraces
and is afraid to circumvent.

Global warming is a joke,
the North Pole has ice and snow
give Al Gore a tree to plant,
in a garden to grow; ho, ho, ho.

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Nov 19 07, 20:31

Thank you for your Holiday entry John!

Best of luck!

May the 'classic' holiday spirit be shared in your heart throughout the season!

~ Mosaic Musings Staff

Posted by: Don Nov 20 07, 11:11

Hi JLY,

A rather serious rant sir. I too am repelled by our political profit motivations behind global warming. It is rather repulsive thay hitched their wagon to the green horse--or is it the other way around. The two have joined as propaganda has it so differentiating is moot.

The key flaw is we are told to think global, act local.

on that damn internet again is ryhme driven clumsy.

The wood is good encourages deforestation does in not?

I did not look deep into meter and such. Your seasonal take with political attack is enjoyable to read.

Happy Thanksgiving

Don

Posted by: JLY Nov 20 07, 12:17

Don,
I don't care much for meter...its the message that counts.
Thanks for stopping by to listen to my complaining about the world as I see it.
JLY

Posted by: Xanadu Nov 21 07, 16:05

This was an enjoyale read despite the fact the rhyme seemed a bit pushed. Nonetheless, good job!

Posted by: JLY Nov 22 07, 09:35

Xanadu<

Thank you for stopping by.

JLY

Posted by: Cleo_Serapis Dec 30 07, 10:38

Congratulations!

This submission has been nominated as a finalist in the fourth annual Mosaic Musings Holiday Classic!

Best of luck!