Paul Meier reading
Christmas Awakening
by Alan Harris
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From the mantel, stockings packed with Christmas tinyness and sweets dimly hang at 3 a.m. Cold wind outside shakes and snaps the house. The dog is asleep on the couch. This artificial tree, lights off, points second-floorward with wrapped bounty beautifully beneath it, testimony that goods are good and glitter is better. The dog sighs and turns over. From underneath, the furnace exhales warmly upon tree ornaments livingly aquiver. All else is motionless, and less, except for the dog now snoring on the couch. What if this-- right here, this instant-- is Christmas? What if this quiet room is flooded with the future? What if an unseen star is shining here, lighting the way to a new beginning? What room, I wonder, is this? Do we have here a manger? The dog sleeps deeply. The room is ready. One waits. |
From the book Heartclips (1996)
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