Jeffree Skewes # 38 Inside Xmas

No other day

mimics the way

one obeys

the annual command

convoluted hymns

muddied by prelims

screeching mercy mercy

for breathtaking consumption

a feast at last laid

some fun is made

silly hats unmask

the charades

time our hero

passes an incoming tide

another round

tempts who should know better

legs fold languidly over lounges

and chairs in this heavens' play

gradually the day amends

what fear may have slain

children at last count

us as equals

some will 'do a knee' 

while cast as uncles on the grass

aunties liberate more than laughter

and arduous tasks

elders know

the song remains

angels of every skin

attend and dance

the day

we come together

inside xmas...

image: Still life, tableaux / synthetic polymer paint on (9) linen panels /  jskewes