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December Collage Poem: The Krampus

 

Goodbye Krampus, return to your castle of jet

No 'Ho Ho Ho' for you, old friend

 

Don't Krampus style big ears!

Elves we may be, but we're hard as gnomes.

 

Winter's empire is advancing through snow

Christmas spirits keep the supermarkets going

 

What do we do with a drunken Santa?

Asked the drunken Krampus, shall we give

Him mulled wine and keep him away from

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December Collage Poem: Disappointment - Part 1

The difference is disappointment

drowning in a child's mouth

 

Ladies for tea please leave

that tasty last cake for me!

 

Brought back to life,

but find nothing but silent blackness

 

A smile, a nod, generosity and warmth

I haven't been disappointed

 

The Beatles all white album

on a railway platform

summer is in their eyes

too full of chocolate and ins...

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