The economy is in the tank <br />And all the tanks are in Iraq <br />Whenever the pump price falls further <br />There's a run on Hummer's mail order <br /> <br />I can't remember if you liked <br />Leonard Cohen before we were fans <br />Or if you ever really said <br />That one day you had met Jacques Brel <br />In dreaming moments we held hands <br /> <br />But I'm so very certain now <br />Of one thing I long to do - <br />Halve this avocado with my hunting knife <br />And share the gentle flesh with you. <br /> <br />Jesus was born, Harold Pinter died <br />Humanity climbed up from Olduvai <br />And on the day the children grew <br />I paid my debts, burned the credit cards <br />In surrender to my last desires <br />And returned to the cradle where love was born <br />Under the Eastern, African star <br />To subsist for all life long with you.<br /><br />Frank Bana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-christmas-day-3/
