E l v e s L ov e Chr i s t m s
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By: Lucia Game
Wrap the gifts
You know how
Measure the paper
Cut here
Cut there
Now some tape
Stick here, stick there
All good
On to the next.
They taught you well
That’s for sure.
You remember
When he came in that big old sled
Those frightening big reindeers
And his terrifying jingle bells.
He was stronger than us
More ‘developed’
Is that the word?
Yes, according to them.
But we learned quickly
It took a few years and a lot of deaths
But we learned to do what they wanted.
Now we pack, and wrap
Pack, and wrap
An Iphone for Billy
A laptop for Sofia
Lucky little kids
They have so much
They are ‘developed’ like that jolly man
So they get everything.
But we don’t complain
You see we are the Jolly man’s last burden
We are lucky, because they educate us and
civilize us
And that’s good we’re told.
But I do miss the old days
When we could do what we wanted
When we didn’t have to wear these itchy suits
And uncomfortable shoes.