By chris
Date: 2004 Dec 18
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The Best Gifts Have Nothing to Do With Christmas (Xmas Challenge Sub)

We don't put tinsel on the tree
because it's a bitch
to get off in january.
We don't like egg nog,
and sugar plums sound pretty gay
(and what IS egg nog, anyway?).
Still,
it's that time of year -
custom-made
to burn regrets like logs on the
fire,
and hope springs eternal
like our love that is evergreen
(always in season).
We don't need no reasons
to tear through the paper
and the ribbons,
get our holiday groove on
by the twinkle of the Christmas
tree
and snuggle afterwards,
my gringo taste buds
still reeling from the taste of
you -
sweet like chocolate,
spicy like green chile stew.