After the cleansing storm, electrifying Heavenly raindrops caught flashing on Pods of the pepper—a natural Lit-up Yuletide tree! Surely a sign from above that No superfluous baubles needed, Only enough to take in More than we can see.
Raises the nagging question -- which is preferable, a continuous heavy rain for the "holidaze", or the "traditional" glut of Christbaumschmuck?
If we had actual cleansing rains here, the answer would be easy. But the rains simply clog the drains, cause oversaturated earth to seep into the dwelling, and add to the sensation of one's broken head having swollen to the size of a bright metallic bit of Christbaumschmuck.
The tree/needed/see rhyme does however have a cleansing effect here. Always a relief when the most miserable season of the year includes an actual bit of that delightful gone sparkling thing, poetry. Perhaps it helps to be a squinty-eyed kid at heart, to make it out?
can you say "schmuck" on the net ? and for many many years now I've not celebrated any (as you aptly) call 'em "holidaze" as they are ALL too damn divisive
and the vast majority of them maybe ALL of them celebrate murder, rape and mayhem...
the last one to go was Thanksgiving.... when I realized that we were celebrating murdering those Damn Indians and stealing their lands... and this happened just a year or so after they saved our arses from starvation...
Fortunately, Christmas over here ain’t the big marketing hullaballoo it is in the United States of Merchandising and this year it has been badly mauled by The Big Bad Bear Market so very little Christbaumschmuck, and besides, we Greeks have always been partial towards Easter because it’s one thing to be born (everybody’s done that) and quite another to be raised from the dead.
Outside the door, everything is pretty much dripping with distractions. All too wearing.
ReplyDeleteOnly enough to take in
more than we can see.
A dose of something very good, to set against the window displays.
Thanks, Vassilis.
Raises the nagging question -- which is preferable, a continuous heavy rain for the "holidaze", or the "traditional" glut of Christbaumschmuck?
ReplyDeleteIf we had actual cleansing rains here, the answer would be easy. But the rains simply clog the drains, cause oversaturated earth to seep into the dwelling, and add to the sensation of one's broken head having swollen to the size of a bright metallic bit of Christbaumschmuck.
The tree/needed/see rhyme does however have a cleansing effect here. Always a relief when the most miserable season of the year includes an actual bit of that delightful gone sparkling thing, poetry. Perhaps it helps to be a squinty-eyed kid at heart, to make it out?
can you say "schmuck" on the net ?
ReplyDeleteand for many many years now I've not celebrated any (as you aptly) call 'em
"holidaze"
as they are ALL too damn divisive
and the vast majority of them maybe ALL of them celebrate murder, rape and mayhem...
the last one to go was Thanksgiving.... when I realized that we were celebrating murdering those Damn Indians and stealing their lands... and this happened just a year or so after they saved our
arses from starvation...
Fortunately, Christmas over here ain’t the big marketing hullaballoo it is in the United States of Merchandising and this year it has been badly mauled by The Big Bad Bear Market so very little Christbaumschmuck, and besides, we Greeks have always been partial towards Easter because it’s one thing to be born (everybody’s done that) and quite another to be raised from the dead.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments!