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Parallel Christmas

Parallel lines don’t stop.
Christmas doesn’t stop.

The snow sticks and not a light flicks out.
Not a curve or a bend in a parallel line.

The time ticks and tocks for Santa.
Comes and goes for Christmas, but the lines of Santa’s are forever.

Get ready, hang the stockings.
Set out the cookies and milk.
Light up the tree for a parallel Christmas.

Analise Braddock
Analise Braddock, 9
Katonah, NY