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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Year End

A strange Christmas Poem.

At last it arrives,
whatever you’ve been expecting,
what you said you really wanted
alongside what you don’t want
from any unavoidable surprise.

The holidays may be delivered
neatly wrapped in pretty paper,
but they often visit with company
in the form of mild disappointment
that can linger during a long week
lasting from Monday ’till Sunday.

O, ‘tis true!
Somewhere it’s summertime,
but first you must endure
this damn winter weather
with no remedy until spring.

Try to persevere,
knowing this long season
is often followed by good news,
coming on the last day of the month,
during the wee hours of night,
at the tolling of the clock.

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