{"id":1994,"date":"2013-12-10T02:11:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T02:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2013-12-10T18:06:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T18:06:05","slug":"twas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"‘Twas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Twas days before Christmas<\/p>\n

And all through the house,<\/p>\n

Not a creature was stirring,<\/p>\n

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Not even my spouse.<\/p>\n

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The chickens were nestled<\/p>\n

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All snug in their beds,<\/p>\n

While visions of juicy worms<\/p>\n

Danced in their heads.<\/p>\n

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Balloons were hung on the ceiling with care,<\/p>\n

In the hopes that our grandchildren<\/p>\n

Soon would be there.<\/p>\n

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And I in my Santa hat,<\/p>\n

And Dave in his socks,<\/p>\n

Were roaming the house,<\/p>\n

And checking the locks.<\/p>\n

When out on the lawn<\/p>\n

There arose a great noise.<\/p>\n

“What is it?” I wondered.<\/p>\n

It’s our grandboys!<\/p>\n

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With balloons on their heads,<\/p>\n

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And balloons on their ears,<\/p>\n

They made me laugh so,<\/p>\n

It brought me to tears.<\/p>\n

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Our granddaughter, too, got into the act.<\/p>\n

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And looked just as funny,<\/p>\n

It’s a matter of fact.<\/p>\n

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Little boys wrestling.<\/p>\n

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Little boys giggling.<\/p>\n

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Little boys laughing,<\/p>\n

And little boys wiggling.<\/p>\n

They were silly and fun.<\/p>\n

Quite funny I’d say.<\/p>\n

I love them so much,<\/p>\n

I could watch them all day.<\/p>\n

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But then in a twinkling,<\/p>\n

They had to go home.<\/p>\n

Which gave me the idea,<\/p>\n

To write this new poem.<\/p>\n

But I heard them exclaim,<\/p>\n

As they drove out of sight.<\/p>\n

“We’ll be back soon, Grandma. \u00a0We love you. \u00a0Good Night!”<\/p>\n

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