My weight lifts up
As the sun rises
And the moon and stars hide
Beneath the blanket of light

Honorable mention
Standing ovation
Hands clapping
Congratulations

Loud noise penetrates the air
Static electrifies my hair
Surfing couches on a wave
Of homelessness and "bah, humbugs!"

Clever critters creep crawling covertly
Across the room, I see my face
Peering curiously like a child's
At something new, born into a world

Of nuclear reactions and hummingbirds
Of postulants and female circumcision
Of fried turkey and wrapped gifts
I am the divining rod of this family

Sun peeks around the clouds
As the clock counts down my every breath
This staircase reeks of death
He was the walrus, hunted like prey.