Home For The Holidays (a repost for the children)

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Open Poetry #45

Home For The Holidays (a repost for the children)

icebox
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since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2009-12-22 07:38 PM

It's Christmas in the Coliseum,
pretty banners everywhere,
it's Christmas in the Coliseum
and all the fans are there.

Nero's still learning to fiddle,
playing songs nobody can sing,
the grounds crew's getting it ready
raking bloody sand in the ring.

He's got Christians lighting the roadways,
they bring a warm glow to the night,
everybody feels welcome,
it's a holiday delight.

At the Temple the Virgins are smiling,
wearing flowers in their hair,
it's Christmas in the Coliseum
and all the fans are there.

Old gods and goddesses are laughing
at the tricks they play on the young;
Christians pray to their one god
and the games have just begun.

Everybody is cheering
for the lions and tigers and bears,
these are the kind of good times
everybody shares.

Backstage the Christians are waiting
acting like they haven't a care,
it's Christmas in the Coliseum
and all the fans are there.

©2005, 2009 by icebox

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2009-12-23 09:50 AM

Everybody is cheering
for the lions and tigers and bears,
these are the kind of good times
everybody shares.
I am feeling a kind of bah humbug this year...but I always enjoy your skill at words!

M

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