Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Larry Robinson––"A Christmas Carol" (poem)
A Christmas Carol
Away in a manger
or a crack house
or under a bridge
or in a bombed-out village
or a refugee camp
or in the mesquite shade close to the border wall
some Mary is giving birth.
Even as you read this
a child is being born.
What if one of these were the promised one,
the beacon of hope,
the seed of a new light
in a dark time?
What if they all were?
What gifts would you bring
if you were wise?
- Larry Robinson
Away in a manger
or a crack house
or under a bridge
or in a bombed-out village
or a refugee camp
or in the mesquite shade close to the border wall
some Mary is giving birth.
Even as you read this
a child is being born.
What if one of these were the promised one,
the beacon of hope,
the seed of a new light
in a dark time?
What if they all were?
What gifts would you bring
if you were wise?
- Larry Robinson
