End of the Year and Other Poems

By R. Gerry Fabian

End Of The Year

Is December 31 
the antithesis
of the earlier
December 25
or rather
a portly pregnant peasant
expecting the arrival 
of a malcontent midwife
at midnight.

Christmas Snow Sonnet

Mistletoe pine red berry wreaths reflect
Earlier Christmas times when as a child
Really being good meant you could select
Religious stories about Jesus, while
Yawning so secretly on Christmas eve.

Choir babes sense magic in Noel night
Hoping for presents that Santa may leave.
Reindeer on the roof will stop, then take flight
Instantly waking all sleeping tots, then
Slowly the Christmas spirit will capture you
Transporting your memories to an age when
Mystic multicolored wishes come true.
And of all Christmas gifts to give and to get
Special cards from friends are the finest, yet.

Black Friday

Up at 3:00 am,
quick hot coffee at 7-11,
doors open at 5:00,
fast burst products,
	to the register.
in the car,
second stop 6:15
longer here
key items
	to the register
short walk
store three at 7:09
three items
all available
	to the register
short ride
coffee cold
last store at 7:47
picked over mess
luck holds
for four final items,
	to the register.

Deep breath,
in the car,
home by 9:00 am.
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R. Gerry Fabian is a published poet. He has published five books of poetry.  Parallels,  Coming Out Of The Atlantic, Electronic Forecasts,  Wildflower Women as well as his poetry baseball book, Ball On The Mound.