barking dogs
turning on the tree lights
chattering sparrows
© Rachel Green December 2024
Though the twenty-fifth be warmer still
for all the United mainland Kingdom
than blustery winds and driving rain, nil
points for the Peace of Earth Goodwill to Men.
Putin deems his Christmas day successful
with waves of rockets and dozens of drones
Ukrainians suffer, shelters stressful.
while Billionaires destroy their homes.
Early revellers in Covent Garden
are mown down by a disgruntled driver
who lost an argument at a dance den
and proved himself the sorest shriver.
In Kazakhstan a plane kills dozens
but God Jul, all, my queer cousins.
© Rachel Green December 2024
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