Santa And COVID
He was arrested, but I don’t know why?
He was shooting at Santa as he flew by.
He said Santa was breaking the COVID curfew.
Santa spreads the virus afar, as others do.
He was placed on a 5150 for his own good.
Placed in a psych ward, like he should.
They said “Santa does not exist. Never has.”
“I saw him & fired right through the glass.”
“The front window of your house you mean?”
“That is correct.—— It wasn’t a dream.”
“You scared the hell out of some neighbor kids.”
“They broke curfew too. I flipped my lid.”
“If you killed Santa would Christmas end?”
“Pretty sure I missed. He went around the bend.”
“You are convinced that Santa exists then?”
“Don’t you? It seems to be the trend.”
“It is all untrue. It is all in your head.”
“I suppose COVID is fake too. Nothing to dread.”
“COVID is real. We are in a pandemic.”
“Time for you to learn. Santa is no gimmick.”
“He visits many houses, eats food & leaves gifts.”
“He contaminates everything. The simple twit.”
“Use your head. How do you think the virus is spread?”
“ No one else, except him. One who is always fed.”
“Santa is a carrier. Time to take him out.”
“The little kids will soon no longer cry & pout.”
Jingle, jingle “Ho, ho, ho!!” was heard.
“He is here!—— The little turd.”
“He followed me here. He’s spreading the virus!!”
“Lock him up!—– I feel pain in my iris.!”
“He will be here for 3 days, just like you.”
“We are all dead, I am telling you!!”
“Calm down, or you will be put in isolation.”
“Outstanding. He is probably spreading a mutation.”
So—-there was no Christmas this year.
Some say it was the curfew, or so I hear.
But, the truth is somewhere in between.
Sometimes the psych hospital can be mighty mean.
—————————————————R.W. Johnson——(2020)