Merry Christmas 'Cross the Wire

by Honky Gabacho

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Conceived December 2020
Born December 2021
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The retail shops with their freeze-dried cans of cheer
Don't seen to bother me this year
The divide's too wide between us both, I fear
But you're always with me when I hear

Sleigh bells and a four-part choir
Lifting their voices ever higher;
In lieu of open yule tide fires
Sing Merry Christmas 'cross the Wire

The snow this year is cut with heavy rain,
The clods of slush rush down the drain
Where colored lights and wreaths adorn an empty lane,
But on the wind, a faint refrain

Of bustling in the city square,
You turn to look, but no one's there,
Till a memory kindles fancy's flights
Like tinsel catches colored lights.
Hear the sleigh bells and the four part choir,
Lifting their voices ever higher,
Singing, Merry Christmas 'cross the wire,

Didn't even need to call,
Already gave the greatest gift of all

The pregnant glow of Christmas Eve as darkness falls
Arms us with all nostalgic fare;
Christmas morning, ghosts of cheer that deck the halls
Both are and aren't there,
They flit like candles through thin air

Casting shadows through the grey
Where not a creature stirs today,
Till a memory kindles fancy's flights
Like tinsel catches colored lights

Hear the sleigh bells and a four-part choir,
A ghostly spire, spiralling higher,
Singing Merry Christmas 'cross the wire
Even if the flights of angels drop the call,
Already gave the greatest gift of all

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released December 22, 2022

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