When Christmas comes the Christmas heat'll <br />bring once more the Christmas Beetle <br />The first inflammatory breeze'll <br />set him buzzing like a diesel. <br />Hear him open up his throttle <br />as he hums above the wattle! <br />Hear him zoom, and snarl and rattle <br />Like a fighter plane in battle! <br />Watch him dive to sink and settle- <br />Folding up his wings of metal - <br />Cutting off the engines sound <br />as quietly as he comes to ground. <br />Then watch some sparrows, frail and lowly, <br />Strike him swiftly, rend him wholly.<br /><br />Leon Gellert<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-christmas-beetle/
