trappings of Christmas
months buying and preparing
spills out from trash bin
trappings of Christmas
months buying and preparing
spills out from trash bin
fallen sky glows red
fragments break under car tires
weight of the world melts
four days roaming free
few places tied to schedule
time for yoke again
even blue stillness
broken by crisscrossing clouds
two washed-out contrails
the light of the world
hope for all the excluded
begins in darkness