Do you see what I C?

[ameaba]

Come on, guys! Thanksgiving isn't
Over yet! Or can
Nobody
Sit around and have a family meal anymore?
Unbelieveable...
Mobs are gathering at stores, lusting for "sales"
Everyone just
Rushes headlong to Christmas...
I grieve for a lost holiday alone.
Save your money by spending it!
Most stupid thing I've ever heard.

Comments

[oh_chris]

i've been reading up on
how stores
are
trying to
expand income and increase
sales by staying open on thanksgiving, which is one of the more asinine things i've heard. way to go,
people.

[oh_chris]

what's sp?

[oh_chris]

i got lazy. "sales people".

[chiropterus]

Wow, this is really good. And, unfortunately, true (but that's part of why it's good). As my grandfather termed it, we are entering the season of "Santa Claus vs Jesus", and Santa is apparently more appealing to a large portion of the American population.

Actually, I was struck by how similar in structure and tone this poem is to some of the poems that my grandfather often writes.

(And by the way, I *will* comment on your 3 page story. I've read it, but I haven't gotten in the right mood to write about it yet.)

[ameaba]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it!

Most good stuff is written with strong emotion, and I sure had strong emotion when I wrote it. Guess which emotion it was. >:}

I've never done a poem with a word going down the side before, tho. It was fun, and challenging, and I don't think I'll be able to do another one. ;) I tried sonnets... they killed me....

[egg_green]

Yeah, sonnets are hard.

FWIW, I didn't buy anything at all on Black Friday. (with the exception of a Döner for lunch.) I just stayed home, for the most part.

*sigh*

[ameaba]

I didn't buy anything either-- I stayed at home, my teeth hurting, and watched the stupidity of it all on TV. I think I'll make it a point to never buy anything on Black Day for the rest of my life. ;)

[egg_green]

Well, there is something to be said for the "experience" of it all.

And, hey, you could always just go for Cyber Monday ;)