MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE- TWAS QUITE THE NIGHTA Poem by JaT’was the night before Christmas And in each of our rooms The aroma, of smoked meat Hung in the fumes
The sausage was hung In the fireplace with care In hopes that the smoke Would cure it, right there
The children were sleeping All tucked in their bed As the scent of Kielbasa Did waft through their head
With mama in apron And I in my toke I was turning the meat Trying hard, not to choke
For hours I sat there As the Kielbasa cured Tried holding back While my hunger endured
Then, my tummy rumbled With such a loud clatter I just had to fix Myself a platter
And what should I find To fill my round belly But rows of cured sausage Just hanging there, really
A bottle of wine I think a Chablis My wife had provided I know just for me
When out on the yard Arose such commotion What was the cause I had no notion
My way to the window I made thru the smoke Pushed open the curtains And took a good look
I saw hundreds of tracks On the new fallen snow And dozens of creatures In the moons glow
There were dogs and wolves Coyotes and cats Bears and red foxes Wolverines and rats
All of their noses Were up in the air I was amazed By how many, were there
All were just staring And licking their snout Saliva just dripping Their tongues hanging out
Sniffing and scratching And baring their teeth Must have smelled sausage That’s my belief
They jumped at the window When they saw me there Scratched at the glass And gave me a scare
They’ll eat us alive My wife at me screamed They’ll soon break the window Or so it seemed
I pulled at the curtains To get them shut Of course, pulled to hard And so, broke the strut
Thus down they all came In one great big mess My wife was not pleased I must confess
Just then from the chimney Came a boom and a crash And down fell Santa All covered in ash
As he staggered ahead He got caught in the string That held all the sausage Poor, chubby old thing
Now covered in meat As well as the soot He started flailing And gave out a big hoot
Then down the chimney Fell a large raccoon I wondered if Santa Was to rabies immune
I grabbed that poor thing By the scruff of the neck And said to myself Oh what the heck
I’ll skin it and smoke it Just like the rest Give it to Santa When I wish him, my best
But, to my great surprise Santa got loose And the words from his mouth Sure were profuse
So back up the chimney He shot with a snap Just by giving His nose a small tap
When all of the noise Had finally subsided The kids ran out From where they had hided
And that’s when we heard Old Santa screaming “Move your a*s reindeer” “This place is teeming”
We ran to the window Where we all could see Poor Santa running As fast as can be
The hoard right behind him As he jumped in his sleigh The scent of smoked meat Had sent them, his way
The reindeer were running Trying hard for some air While poor Santa’s clothes Were almost stripped bare
Then after much effort The reindeer took flight While the hoard, stopped and watched As they flew out of sight
And I can recall Poor Santa exclaim “That stupid old Pollack” “Has done it again” © 2017 Ja |
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