Challenge
A lump of coal or ???
We all know someone who has not been especially good this year, some frankly nasty and ugly, yet in the spirit of giving, write what have you chosen for their stocking.
Poetry only - free verse only, rhyming disqualifies.
live coals
my parents used to say
to family members
that me and my brother
could never get coal in our stockings
because we'd enjoy it.
it would not be
a punishment
at all.
so i'm not giving you coal
because that would be too kind.
i'm giving you a match
and dousing you in gasoline
so you can be a present
for some naughty child
or maybe be a present
for me and my brother
for once.
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