Yuletide Passing
“Christmas,” as most people view it
Is over after Boxing Day.
The run-up to the New Year
Has a different feel. The out of town
Family have returned, but the kids are
Still home.
Some folks are already working on
Taking down the decorations,
Returning the household to
Some semblance of normal.
But, it’s not normal, not quite yet.
The Old Year is still with us,
Still almost a week before,
Everyone deludes themselves into
Thinking the clock clicking to
January 1st will change things.
It’s a good feeling, though, as we
Extend our enjoyment of family and
Close friends to the random-chance
Meetings of others we know,
At the Mall,
At the coffee shop,
And the other places we haunt.
The disruption of regular routines
Until after the start of the New Year
Offers opportunities for writers,
Artists, and lovers.
Writers can tune out their day-to-day
Duties, turning inward to finish that
Chapter that’s languished since, oh,
About the Fifteenth of December.
Artists return to the easel, the pottery
Wheel, or their sketchpads.
Lovers make best use of the
Time-between-years.
Knowing that the spouses are
Entertaining the kids,
Or otherwise wrapped in their own
Reverie-of-limbo,
They plan trysts that could never
Happen within the confines of
Work schedules, kid drop-off/pick-up,
And other complications.
They steal a few moments,
Make lasting memories,
And hopefully,
They aren’t discovered,
So they can return to normalcy
By Twelfth Night.
(c) 2014 Edward J. Branley
I was going to say that Edward is one of my favorite authors/poets, but he’s really one of my favorite people. 🙂 One day, good sir, you and I shall go #daydrinkin’. You will see more of his prose here soon, and not just on Poetry Tuesdays, as poetry (like many things) is too good to wait for just once a week.
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