Tis the season for a trip to any retailer to make you feel very confused about the actual date on the calendar. Is it really time to buy egg nog already? What happened to that bag of Halloween candy I saw here last week? Are those — little Santas?? That inspired this Typewriter Rodeo poem.
All the Holidays, All at Once
This year,
I’m embracing the holiday season
In all its nonstop glory
Rejecting any spaciousness between festivities
and just piling it all in
More fun
more jingle
more joy
more sparkle
I’m wearing pumpkin pie sweaters
and firework hats
Letting my boss know
that I’ll be off on winter break
From Halloween through New Year’s
(With a few days for
post holiday recovery.)
And mostly I’m celebrating
remembering
commemorating
discovering
and saying yes
yes
yes
to this whole
ongoing
elftacular season
Happy Hallo’onwards, y’all!
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