Posted by Sam (of Sam's Place) on December 24, 1998 at 16:52:51:
From horror writer & poet Scott Urban:
CHRISTMAS FANTASIA
I wake up before anyone else.
I sit and stretch in the late December chill.
Christmas morn! I wonder if *he* came?
Trying not to make any noise, I tip-toe downstairs.
The tree is more beautiful than when I went to bed.
Little bulbs on strands threaded through branches
twinkle like stars light-years away.
I can't help gasping. Look at all the presents,
wrapped up so brightly and inventively!
I'm so excited, for a moment I forget to breathe.
There's a brunette . . . and a redhead . . .
and two blonds . . . who, on closer look, are twins!
Their wrists and ankles are bound by red ribbons.
Big bows, like holiday mums, blossom from their mouths.
I kneel and take the bow-gag off the brunette.
Instead of screaming (as I'd expected),
she cries out, "Open me! Open me first!"
I take the bows off the others, and each
present clamors for me to play with her first.
I go get the scissors and the package knife.
Time to do some unwrapping.
I must have been a very good boy this year.
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Happy unwrapping to all...
best,
-Sam