December ~ John Updike


Meredith Family

December

First snow! The flakes, So few, so light, Remake the world In solid white.

All bundled up, We feel as if We were fat penguins, Warm and stiff.

The toy-packed shops Half split

their sides, And Mother brings home Things she hides.

Old carols peal. The dusk is dense.

There is a mood Of sweet suspense.

The shepherds wait, The kings, the tree– All wait for something Yet to be,

Some miracle. And then it’s here, Wrapped up in hope– Another year!

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