The Lonely Apple
Radio City's famous pine twinkles.
Rockefeller's ice rink encircles lively figure eights.
Street vendors feature swaths of cashmere --
scarves: five for twenty.
Central Park carriages overshadow honking yellow taxis.
The world's largest toy store presents
its ten foot Lego Nutcracker
as an unprecedented seven floor Department Store
wraps mannequins in mink.
Philharmonic concerts will "be home for Christmas."
Far away fathers concur, phoning
"You can count on me."
Grand Central terminals fuel the city
with hundreds of "I'll be home for Christmas" claimants.
Sadly but not so sparingly,
certain cars will disappoint,
branding young and rosy mittened minds
with the seasonal tune's often overlooked conclusion:
"If
only
in
my
dreams."
2 comments:
Love it more the second time. "young and rosy mittened minds" is wonderful
i had to read it three times to understand it. though, i probably am only understanding it to the capacity of my brain. yours however definatly goes much further into this. this is the exact reason why I admire you so much Lucy.
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