OW, CHRISTMAS TREE

This will be short

Like our tree

Its scraggly bottom

Lopped

In and out of the tree stand

Needles swept and re-swept

Hundreds of lights redone

Trimming the top

A snap

My wife’s magic spun

The stubby jewel

Still

Framed by the window

Fills the room

Warm

DRK

12/7/17