Slow as slow can be
\nSo stumbles the drunken Christmas Tree.
\nDragging behind the pieces of the past
\nIn a tatty old sack that will never last,
\nHe scours the streets for the last sign of hope,
\nSomething to help him, something to cope.
\nSloshing in his stomach a full bottle of gin,
\nLacking the whimsy, the joy and\u00a0his grin.
\nDecember is gone, like the fragments of his mind,
\nLike the cosy living room he left behind.<\/p>\n
Arthur “Lemon” Lemonson – 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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