A literary outpost on the internet http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/2678/atom/feed 2007-12-20T08:25:13-05:00 http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/2678 2007-12-20T08:23:49-05:00 2007-12-20T08:25:13-05:00 Aldon Hynes

The large green tree
waits patiently
next to the growing pile of wrapped Christmas presents,
the dust covered boxes of last year’s ornaments,
and the couch, where the college student,
home for the holidays,
lays half delirious,
from this season’s stomach bug.

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The large green tree
waits patiently
next to the growing pile of wrapped Christmas presents,
the dust covered boxes of last year’s ornaments,
and the couch, where the college student,
home for the holidays,
lays half delirious,
from this season’s stomach bug.
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