Santa's Raven by Walter Jones

Authors Note: Christmas parody, making use of Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven"

Once upon a midnight dreary

Santa pondered weak and weary

over many a quaint and curious volume of

forgotten toys.

Santa nodded nearly napping

When suddenly there came a tapping

as if some one gently rapping,

rapping at his chamber door.

It's the reindeer,

Santa muttered only this and nothing more.

Ah how I do remember,

it was early December,

and each ghosts ember

from Christmas past

was dancing on Santa's parlor floor

Eagerly Santa wished the morrow,

vainly he sought to borrow

but his bank books filled with sorrow -

from the lost dollars

Who his brokers called the store.

Nameless here for ever more

Now came the rapping

no longer gentle tapping

much louder than before.

Still he mutter,

It's the reindeer,

only this and nothing more.

In all of winter fury,

animals did scurry,

and started pounding

on the old mans door.

Still he only muttered

this is the reindeer

nothing more

Santa's door finally flew open

Santa¹s heart was pounding

every echo, sounding, nevermore

In his bones there was shiver

no more could he deliver

toys to every child¹s door

He had lost all he owned

to the store,

nameless here forever more

Then in multi splendor,

each reindeer

Danced and pranced

through the door,

leaving shares of Microsoft

sproon all over the floor

making Santa,

to promise,

to invest,

never more

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by Walter Jones (Age: 62)
copyright 12-31-2002

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