Reanimated Lavender Granola Switchblade Nun rides again.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Farm Five

it's christmas time at farm five.
ho ho ho.
it's state-controlled.

in the window,
a candle.
an egg.
behind the pane,
a touch of plague.

come to farm five, just down the lane.
the ostler is mad, the butler insane.

it's christmas time at farm five.
religion is dead.
obedience alive.

on the door,
a wreath.
a cross.
behind it, more
untimely loss.

come to farm five, for mandatory yule.
with last year's host's head
skewered on the newel.
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14 comments:

  1. I came bearing tidings, of sorts, only to find this quite suitable poem!

    Here you go, Shay: WINGS, deal with it!

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  2. Farm Five sounds charming in a Stephen King novel kind of way.

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  3. state controlled and all about obedience...but the last hosts head leads me to wonder who runs the asylum

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  4. Walking upstairs cant be pleasant

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  5. Mandatory, terrifying yule! I think you should make a holiday card of this...

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  6. Wowzers, the head skewered on the newel is a festive touch! As always, the images you conjure up are amazing. Loved it. Now I must decorate my little room, hee hee.

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  7. I can't wait to see what's wrapped in the gifts! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  8. For starters ... I want that red cape! We won't tell Sherry I have our tree up and decorated! hee hee

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  9. I just love it when you start getting into the holiday spirit!

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  10. Sure beats Enid Blyton's Famous Five!

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  11. That's you, bringing the Christmas cheer. I think I grew up there--seems like it's a farm that could be a tenement if you blinked. And only you could turn that christmas jones into a communist plot.

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  12. "when Black Friday comes" HA!

    and a Merry Christmas to you ♥

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