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Santa Isn't Coming This Year

A poem by Grace Powers

Amenstop Productions

December 5th, 2009

Twas the night before Christmas and  all through Afghanistan
The moon shone down on tanks and contraband
 “Free us from occupation!”,  prayed parents that night
Hugging their children to relieve their fright

Suddenly overhead, there rose a great clatter
Everyone peered out  to see what was the matter
Santa and his reindeer were racing on by
He never even stopped to say “ho ho”  or “hi’

He was dodging bombs, like hail they were falling
“Run and hide!”,  the people heard  him calling
Faster than eagles, the killers they came
Whistling and shouting out racist names

Then a wandering bomb hit Santa’s sleigh
Reindeer became venison that fateful day
“You blew up Santa”, cursed one of the troops
“Blame it on the Taliban. My apologies. Oops!”

Roofs were toppled and so were walls
Dash away, dash away, dash away all
Over the mud huts the murderers flew
Americans, British and Canadians, too

Giving the finger way up in the sky
They nodded, high fived, then off they did fly
The wind heard their words as they vanished from sight
“Merry Christmas from NATO and to all a goodnight!”

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