No one's hangin' stockin's up,
No one's bakin' pie,
No one's lookin' up to see
A new star in the sky.
No one's talkin' brotherhood,
No one's givin' gifts,
And no one loves a Christmas tree
On March the twenty-fifth.
by Rae ArmantroutKids like talking animals
as well or better than
they do people –
until the wolf eats gramma
then tells Red
a love story.
After that, children
are concerned
about trajectories.
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