Christmas Presents

Every Christmas, my mother said Santa is
poor this year; he won’t bring as many presents, but
it’s not because you were bad boys, you are not
bad boys, Santa is just trying to live off of
child support and his reindeer cost a lot to feed,
and it’s okay because less Legos means more love.
And we would hug her because she never told us
Santa was real, because we liked presents but we loved
her, and somehow every Christmas we ripped
the wrapping off of just as many boxes.


~02/09