Excess

A curbside receiving line

of empty wrappings

and December trappings

 

~ A deflated greeting

in the cold morning light

 

The neighborhood is sleeping off

 its holiday hangover

and upon waking

will glance at the excess

and declare:

 

Never again!

 

Until next year…

Author's Note

Reflections on walking through my neighborhood this morning.

captcha: repurple :)

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Accurate in descriptive verse and accurate in fact. We need to Chang it all somehow. Maybe the sales will make it worse and totally destroy Christmas as they are talking about beginning sales on Christmas Day. Which in my view should be made illegal.

[Rita L. Sev]

I heard that too, about sales through Christmas. Sad, really... Thank you for your insight, John.

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes. Very true and wonderful words.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, KL!

[Sami Khalil]

People are trying to shake off all the excesses after the holidays. Weight , extra card board boxes , extra food and drinks , extra ornaments , tiresome and so forth. Back to normal and the reflections on how everything went...A wonderful write...:)............

[Rita L. Sev]

You got it, Sami Thank you! - If only they could shake off the excess but keep the good cheer...

[Sami Khalil]

So true...You are welcome...:)...................

[Frieda P]

Once a year is pure insanity as is, you always take the mundane and make it special with your poetry.........ha, did you have a purple xmas I thought it's supposed to be blue? ;-)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you so much, Frieda... Lol! I just like the sound of "repurple" :)

[Frieda P]

Like a repurple people eater, I think there's a poem in there somewhere. ;-)

[Rita L. Sev]

Can you "rered" and "reblue" too? Hmmm...

[Frieda P]

I'm down with rered, but had fooking enough of reblue.......... ;-)

[Rita L. Sev]

Agreed... We'll de-blue, but repink and reyellow... ;)

[Frieda P]

Sounds like a plan, as long as it's sunny reyellow, and not that cowardly shade. ;-)

[Frieda P]

Did you write that repurple poem yet by the way? ......................

[Rita L. Sev]

Might have to sleep on that one... What rhymes with repurple? ;p

[Frieda P]

Ha, reburple...this why I DON'T rhyme................

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"empty wrappings" and empty greetings...Christmas Is over..no doubt..and people are going back to being who they are...

so sad...it's now cold mornings...the spirit drained like bottle of booze in an alleyway...

[Rita L. Sev]

Exactly, only this is the more socially acceptable holiday excess - waste and dysfunction encouraged... Thank you for your insights, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank YOU for your poetry, Rita.

[Jack...]

I know this feeling exactly Rita. It is almost sad...

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks for reading, Jack - The feeling was sad and anxious at the same time. Like, we don't want it to end, but it's time to move on, and we can't do that until it's all gone...

[Jack...]

So true my friend.