As Christmas gifts, well-meaning kin,
…Or maybe only mean,
May give a toy the young child loves
…But splits the parents’ spleen.
A popcorn popper was the worst –
…The child would walk and push,
And from it, instant headache sounds –
…No melody or whoosh.
But those once childless, then with child,
…By sweet revenge were found
At Christmas in a later year –
…A toy with wretched sound.
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2015.
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