The Day Before Christmas

A boy behind the window sat,

     And watched the wagons come and go;

Wagons that carried from the street

     Big loads of lately fallen snow.

“I fink it’s mean!” he cried, at length,

     “To carry all that snow away;

Those men are doing it, I know,

     So Santa can’t use his sleigh.”

Aug. 20, ‘95

Camb. Press.