COMMUNITY: There Is a Santa

THERE IS A SANTA

Why are you crying, Joel?

Is it because the darkness

is teasing the Halloween ghosts

to come and scare you?

Is it because the door creeks

and the moon doesn't smile

through the crack in the glass?

Is it because the Easter Bunny

was grey with soot and had no candy

when he hopped by your house

on his last visit?

Is it because a flea-infested rat

shared your baby sister's crib

and now she's ill?

Why are you crying, Joel?

Christmas isn't far away.

Beth Good

1972