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emsaynono
16/F
He is a boring man, wears the same 3 shirts In a cycle, Eats the same curried Mackerel, From a can each day. Was it a bad past experience, Is this PTSD? I’ve never known and I guess I never will, That’s all it is to me. For our thirty three years Of marriage, I have never been able to Get a peak, Or even a glimpse into the darkness, His Christmas Eve outings But at 10 o clock sharp, On the bitter 24th, Noel puts on a red suit And heads out the door. I should question what, He’s been getting up to, But I fear for the answer, He’s coming home, and As I pray, the smell of Bleach and dead meat Sleigh-ride my way. He scares me; his eyes dead, Drinking whisky, and Looking straight ahead at a black and White picture of my niece, Pounding into my flesh before Taking another swig...
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Nov 19, 2018
Nov 19, 2018 at 2:19 PM UTC
Sleigh ride