Whose gift this is I do not know
I wrapped it seven days ago.
There’s no distinctive marking here
Except this festive store-bought bow.
The box’s shape is kind of queer
Two lumpy mounds like a brassiere
But feels like wood or frozen cake;
Don’t ever wrap while drinking beer.
I give the gift-wrapped box a shake
And know I’ve made a huge mistake.
Who gets this gift will have to sweep;
I’m pretty sure I heard it break.
The checkout lines are long and deep
But I must shop before I sleep,
Though malls at Christmas make me weep,
Though malls at Christmas make me weep.
Drinking Tips for Teens 
Goofball: ball of goof, you. Did you start break? When does it break?
Procrastinating writing my last CBC piece of the year. Break starts Christmas Eve. Heading to bed now, hoping the ending will come to me. (My piece, not existence.)
Love it – and even though I am neither American nor Canadian I recognised it. We had the original in our English textbook back at school – and that is a day or two gone by since …(1982? I think it was my 9th year). You even kept the rhyme scheme!
Concerning wrapping I got it easy – only one set of parcels to stay here with me – the others I sent away at different times so I wrapped them at different days.
I am honoured to be reblogged in Germany. Finally cracked the international market.
Frohe Weihnachten!
Could not resist – so seldom I do recognize a piece of American poetry.
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YES – my English classes pay off, finally – I recognised the original.
Yes, too much beer can lead to unpredictable outcomes. Ha! Fun post Ross.
Thanks, Paul. Merry Christmas.
falalala…..lalalala!
A singalong! Merry Christmas, Beth.
U2
lol @ Robert Frost tag. I thought this was an old Run/DMC song. Shows you where I come from.
We had very different upbringings, I think.
Malls always make me weep, Christmas time or not…
“Oh oh oh!” – Backwards Santa
Frost would be proud, haha! One year my mother forgot to put tags on her gifts so we just opened them all randomly and then she would say “oh, that one is for your father”. It was so funny. Merry Christmas, Ross!
Merry Christmas to you too, L. Hope it’s a wonderful one.
And this is why you buy the same gift for everyone! Ho! Ho! Ho! Or name tags with beer-proof peel n stick backings. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Merry Christmas, I.M. Vic Pentameter.
Best of the big day to you and the family, Ross. Enjoy.
Nice! You too, Mark.
While my Christmas gift gently weeps…
No doubt, my wife and I will be frantically wrapping gifts Christmas Eve in a flurry of flying tape and decorative paper. And just like assembling something from Fingerhut, there will be something left over that didn’t get a label. *sigh*
Courage! (Speaking of French, saying “Courage!” with a French accent is far more dramatic.)
Let me try! Let me try!
…great, now I need to wipe down my monitor.
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