Exceptional A groan about our Christmas Day 2013. Geoffrey's Musings. : Our Wish, No Fish. by Sankey Free Verse Poetry Contest contest entry

Why should we bother 'bout Christmas Day? Sometimes we would rather just stay away. While others find their pleasure in grog, I'd rather just go out and feed the dog. "There's only 2 of you" was the remark she made, As her answer to questions On food choice displayed. Had we delighted in Fish, fish, fish, We certainly would Have no other wish. Just thinking of the many days gone by, when Christmas fare widened the eye. Lots of choices, and joys could be had. But this year just fish, Made the majority glad. Recognized Author Notes We were really disappointed in the family's offerings for Christmas this particular year. It made us think about doing something on our own the next Christmas. As a follow up, we did do Christmas on our own in 2014, we then braved the family again in 2015...with some improvement. This Christmas we are doing it on our own, apart from all the other reasons we are finding it far too difficult to travel the long distance to the inlaws anymore. This poem was inspired by a phone call from Mother-in-Law the day after Christmas...Boxing Day as we Aussies and "Old Dart" folks know it. I was prompted to put this up again from a comment from one of my favourite FS members in a recent post of hers about Fresh Fish! Yuck! I had a good picture on this, from FanArt but it has now gone for some reason. NOTE: The Contest this was entered for has long gone.

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