Holiday Greetings 2019

by Hilton Obenzinger

A girl will lead us
A girl provokes the bullies of carbon
A girl gives Trump the willies
The world learns Asperger’s is a superpower
Time Magazine says she’s the Person of the Year
Trump boils in jealous rage and mocks her
She mocks him back
Bolsonaro calls her a brat
And strikes a match to the Amazon
A girl will speak wisdom
To a room full of clowns
She’s a fool, but not a laughing stock
She’s a fool for God
Or whatever you think hovers over our heads
Or bubbles up from the Earth’s core
But the girl is not the Messiah
She will not save us
Yet when we sing Handel’s Hallelujah
During the holidays
We will welcome her
To save us all
If that’s just one kid, imagine all the kids
Rising up and giving us a hand
A girl is not Hope but Hope is not lost
We are the ones who will bring gifts
To the Future