Gone Fishing

Bald head bronzed

& sunbleached beard

I beach my boat, build my igloo

in the coool shade.

All fairhair & freckles 

eyes like sand-dollars

danish boy races into the jungle!

Exhausted, I doze off—

 M

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Crunching, crunching…   

Is it… Is it Santa?!

Shhh!   —mom whispers

Father Christmas has holidays too.

                                   —ko ngai , thailand

                                   —14 february 97