Challenge
Holiday Word Play
Poetry Only. Use the following words - BUT THE CONTENT OF YOU POEM CANNOT REFER TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN ANY WAY - star, cane, virgin, tree, present, carol, tinsel, lights, birth, and cranberry in all forms of these words. Extra Points for brevity.
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sweet nothings
your cranberry lips give birth to sickly sweet sugarcane dreams
dripping faux virgin innocence, presenting a light façade
pretending to be wishes on stars, to be the life in the trees
you carol decorative tinsel mistruths hiding your lies