.even Denny's Was Closed Poem by Cretan Maineiac

.even Denny's Was Closed

Rating: 5.0


Christmas eve caught me short,
late in the week. Sales
clanged, rung and beeped

through the joyous
season even as
Inventories &

Resources shrank, ebbed,
Exhausted. My
dance card was full, & you

all left me
panting
the radio and TV couldn't stop
ranting

accepting the Onus &
singing the praise
spending that bonus
on Programmer's raise

Time ticking per order, persistent & frantic &
pitiless amid
the din of merriment, ideating

the promise of Messianic salvation out of a
distant Infant’s wail
under icy stars

at once ancient & per-
petual, spiral-
ing warm against history, winter Solstice, & hate ala mode.

'Twas the season of giving, & by the time I got
paid, even Denny's
was closed.

December,2005

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Elysabeth Faslund 05 July 2007

Anything in the frig, that wasn't on the health Dept.'s list...or C.D.C's? Then, you definitely were caught. the picture you've painted is real to the core. I've gotten used to baloney sandwiches on Christmas Day. Hey, can of cranberry sauce, and you're there. Job extra well done in this one! ! ! xxElysabeth

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Dee Daffodil 01 June 2007

Awwwwww...you paint a sad picture of someone left all alone over the holidays....awwwwww... My heart goes out... Hugs, Dee

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Jeanette Krantz 02 May 2007

doesn't that just figure...nice piece on the lovely holiday time~

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Michael Fischer 01 May 2007

I love Denny's Southwestern burger! That's good haha. I liked your storytelling and your vivid descripiton; 'drowned my resolve under icy stars' was a well written line. Good poem! Top marks! -Michael

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