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More Secret Santa poetry...

Posted November 13, 2003 10:09 AM.

Weblogger south, Weblogger north!
Come hear my tale of Christmas glee...
Which this year shall be much in rhyme
(I'm sorry and please bear with me...)

A mount so high it touches space;
Within: a massive darkened cave,
Wherein a sharp and pointy race
Of tiny elves has been enslaved...

And in the centre, Mrs Claus -
A tower of computer might
(And built for no apparent cause)
Stands passive in the candlelight.

Beside her there's a silhouette
A disconnected robot form
Who waits each year for holidays
The chance to serve and be reborn.

But then, what's this? The Yule alarm!?
A klaxxon sounds throughout the lair
And with a twitch, the robot's arm
Thrusts holly fistfuls in the air!

He stands, a monster, next the flames
That every year before hath burned.
And lo! His robot voice proclaims
That SECRET SANTA HAS RETURNED!

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Please stay on-topic, informative and polite. I reserve the right to remove comments for whatever vague capricious reasons seem reasonable at the time.

Site not clear on who it's aimed at. Is it the general public or bloggers?

Looks pretty though.

Posted by: Cloggs at November 14, 2003 11:05 AM

It's for people with personal sites. They don't have to be webloggers, but they need to have some kind of site, so that people have a contact point.

Posted by: Tom Coates at November 14, 2003 12:40 PM

that was the dumbest secret santa poem i've ever read. My teacher said so too

Posted by: George Washington at November 11, 2005 7:05 PM

hi!
I thought that was a pretty clever poem. Did you make it upTom? I am trying to make up a poem to give my secret santa clues to who i am. Have any suggestions?
Mahalo,
Katie

Posted by: katie at November 25, 2005 8:48 PM

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