Would your crèche burn?
Shepherds flee
hay ash
a cow inferno
A bit of a downer-type Xmas
Or like Shadrach would you
still see them there
kid drumming and
cattle lowing
(what is to low?)
Anyway
flames catching nothing
Mary like:
Weird, hell!
But I can do this
And you have too, right?
been in hell join the club
and Xmas still happened
whether you felt it or not
or it seemed like a joke
because they’re still
roaming the streets like wolves, right,
sweeping up their prey
But he gets born anyway
and eventually
it will get through to you, Xmas
because O Holy Night
is Such a Ridiculous Song
The way it rises and falls and
rises again
Plays even in hell
And in spite of yourself
you love it who doesn’t
And reminds us hell
has not the last word
no really has not
because just being born Christ
has won the victory
the wolves will all scatter
he will never
so fall on your knees
Xmas in hell
