Christmas Eve, that last minute dash
Christmas Eve is here, time for that last minute dash,
I must remember to pick up that extra cash.
There’s a present that I forget to get last week,
So, to the shopping centre I must go and seek.
There must be a party happening somewhere,
Someone dressed as an elf is sitting on a chair.
I see no Santa as the elf sips some coffee,
But two dressed as reindeer are munching some toffee.
Santa’s grotto has come into sight, with his sleigh,
The children are trying to drag their parents that way.
He has his own elves dressed in red and green,
And beside his sleigh, sack of presents can be seen.
The shoppers are many, the clear spaces are few,
But the shop that I want has now come into view.
Some shouting within it has just begun,
Two people want a present, of which there’s just one.
At last, I have reached it, they still have it in store!
But the queue for the till is heading out the door.
An hour later I am leaving the shops far behind,
Christmas Day tomorrow, that present they will find.
© Jenny Maryl
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