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Robert Lindner
What I Saw, In The After Christmas Thaw
December 26, 2016
It’s warm enough to melt the snow away
Today, though it’s a late December day.
Christmas is over, but January
Is not yet here, so there are still very
Many days of this winter left for snow
To return, but today, there’s almost no
Snow left, and there is green grass emerging
To remind me, it’s there waiting for spring
With me. But there still January’s days
To come, I know, as winter’s darkness weighs
On me. And then there’s still February’s
Time to freeze. But now I see Christmas trees
At the curb, trees stripped of ornament,
And looking sad, but their purpose is spent.
So they have been thrown out into the street.
Christmas is past, their function is complete.
In the December thaw, they complement
The green grass, and become an element
Of the nature, they came from for their days
To be fussed over and dressed in the ways
Of the season, that’s passed and left them no
Reason to remain. So out they must go,
Before their needles fall off. They remind
Me of the short time, we all have to find
A purpose, and of its impermanence,
Like trees, that are without their ornaments,
As I walk past, enjoying the moments,
Of this brief break from winter’s elements.
That, too, is impermanent, but I know
Spring will come in March, and the snow will go
Away, until the seasons are passed through.
But today, it’s still a December view,
To see. And Christmas trees are what I saw,
Disposed of in the after Christmas thaw.
The evergreen rulers of Christmas day,
Unceremoniously tossed away.
Robert Lindner
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Yes, ETHS 64' Graduates, there is a Santa Claus. Courtesy of Donnie (64) and Chuckie (62) Hall taken at Wieboldt's (52-53), here's picture proof there is a Santa Claus...do you believe? Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday and a Great New Year! All my best, Don
