lucky ones
we have holidays to celebrate
and the season is here
in full gaudy bustle
excessive generous
exhausting invigorating
glittering rituals
the elusive perfect gift
a fantasy of love
imagination and remembrance
the gilded cap of an ornament
sprung into place
mercuried globe reflecting
the universe in a room
spun out of the cosmic reel
sparkling we twirl
and toss the frosted fragments of veil
one by one
strewn
like unwrapped presents
