Surviving the Holidays

The hole-iest of days

Are the ones with swiss cheese

Used shopping bags

Have you wrapping with ease

Pennies and oranges

Make fun and cheap gifts

Highballs and cocktails

Give “spirits” a lift!

The jolly fat man

Who delivers your parcels

Works for Fed Ex

And has weak metatarsals

The friends you avoid

Might be coming to see you

May inclement weather

Hail down hard and free you!

‘Cause sometimes the season

That has all feeling joy

Brings nothing but nuisance

And the means to annoy

Just put your head down

And you’re sure to survive

By the end of the month

You’ll still be alive

Frazzled from feasting

Yet secretly sated

The holiday's over

Finally, you're elated!