In the style of Charles Causley…..
God in the big blue heaven
Looked on the watery waves,
Lapping around the islands
And said ‘So they think Jesus saves.
I’m putting my trust in Ronaldo,
Even Kane’s more likely to score.
I’ve decided to cancel Christmas,
And not be doing it anymore’.
Firstly, God started with carols
and came up with quite a list
of things not to sing in December,
even if you are pissed.
Some were all high notes and tricky,
like Hark the herald angels don’t sing;
Or shepherds don’t watch their flocks by night;
and more of that kind of thing.
Eventually it came down to the Bible,
‘The virgin shall not bear a son’
It hurt so to cross it out;
it was always God’s favourite one.
That moment in Magnificat splendour
when Mary, so full of grace,
says yes to God’s timeless promise
and all glory lights up her face.
God put down the chunky blue crayon
used to edit the text,
and refused to go any further:
‘They’ll want to cancel Easter next!’
Copyright Janet Lees: October 2021, on hearing a lot of fake news about cancelling Christmas, which will never ever happen.
Charles Causley, Cornish Poet, (1917-2003), was born in Launceston, which I visited on my End to End in April 2019.