A day within and cooler air - there’s gratitude in
time and space that lets us rest at ease - & this
conveys our thanks in quietude like tiny finches
flicking thru th’ foliage a-feast on Xmas eve. It’s
here again, you’ve hardly seen th’ year rush by;
recent heat’s now blessed of rain, grey-clad sky
allays distress which shrewed as callouses into
absurdity we needed least for Christmas day
But now I see resplendent blooms; they’re ones
that we address as Jesus in the Cradle, or Belle
of the Night (from cactus pitahaya*), aka dragon
fruit - a night blooming Cereus - which has other
names such as Cinderella Plant - or Strawberry
Pear - and its there - resplendently in full view
We’ve been reassured whatever else claimed in
that xmas iconic imagery has eccentrically failed
to dent th’ magnificence of our pitahaya - & we’ll
bow with due ceremony to its short-lived - altho’
appropriately occasioned - festive bloom; which
taketh our place of pride come Christmas Day
© 24 December 2016, I. D. Carswell
*Hylocereus undatus
Merry Christmas to one & all ....
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