The
Christmas Tree is waiting
In the
basement, in a
box.
Impatiently, excitedly.
"Any day now, any day!!
They'll come and carry me upstairs!!
They'll stand me up and string me full of
lights!!
They'll coat me in
tinsel, hang
ornaments!!
They'll slip wrapped
presents under me, oh joy!!"
....
But upstairs, the
couple, not quite so young anymore
As they were when this used thing was gifted to them
Are signing for a
delivery.
The new tree has arrived.
To at last replace the old.