What child is this flower blooming
child of which hour dawning
which tour bus parking behind the hotel
rings for room service now
while the nation delivers a Bell Captain Odious
Crude tips they leave now
A jolt of old suffering,
building up, rickety brick by brick bird house
this faux solid citizen stands for us all
he points with an arthritic finger
a mystical light starts to throb
down the hall
a door wheezes
open halfway at least

The new born king shines
like a light from the East
The Amazon truck driver
rushes the porch
drops three separate brown paper packages
off
the doctor says “cough”
and everyone toasts every one at the trough
Happy New Year, already
enough is enough

~ T.A. McLaren