Twas the night before Christmas With the air thick and moist The jungle all around us Sings with its enchanting voice The chirps of the bugs The calls of the birds The howls of the monkeys Form these foreign words Four kinds of primates Or was it five? That we saw today On our boat ride Macaques and proboscis A few I forget But watching the orangutans Was really the hit So human-like and graceful They swing tree to tree The babies and their mamas Were the most fun to see Now we're anchored in the magroves With the jungle close at hand Three nights on this houseboat Is our Christmas plan We'll look for more monkeys See what Borneo has to share We'll night hike to tarantualas If we might dare It's a different Chrsitmas Than at home it is true We trade cold for hot weather A ham for fish stew But even without trimmings Carols, gifts, and bells We have each other And time to oursevles For us, that's just right Plus it gives me a reason To write my "Night Before" poem To chronicle our season Now the candle's burning low And tomorrow's an early start So I'll pass along this wish From the bottom of my heart May your Christmas be As joyous as mine is Full of love, fun, and smiles And perhaps some bad rhyme-es |
Monday December 30 2019 | File under: holidays, poetry |
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on Thu 02nd Jan, 2020 04:47 am EST Horge said: Happy 2020 already to both of you! ************************ |
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