to visit for the holiday, no gifts
they bring, but opportunity
to live out Sunday's sermon.
No rooms at any inns for them
and so two heads will have a place
to rest, the third a family for the afternoon
and at this rate, there may be more.
Meddling minister, expecting
us to give not money but ourselves,
put feet upon the Gospel, and be the
words we claim. The angels must
be grinning ear to ear, a Christmas
prank, but no one should
be lonely Christmas Day.
Which makes me wonder
what the number is, of those who'll
pass the holiday inside, just
watching television, wishing
that their phones would ring?
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014
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