Sonnet in the Shape of a Potted Christmas Treeby George StarbuckOfury-bedecked!O glitter-torn!Let the wild wind erectbonbonbonanzas; junipers affectfrostyfreeze turbans; iciclestuff adornall cuckolded creation in a madcap crown of horn!It’s a new day; no scapegrace of a secttidying up the ashtrays playing Daughter-in-Law Elect;bells! bibelots! popsicle cigars! shatter the glassware! a son bornnownowwhile ox and ass and infant lietogether as poor creatures willand tears of her exertion stillcling in the spent girl’s eyeand a great firework in the skydrifts to the western hill.
