THE DEAL (A
Holiday Rhyme)
It was a Sunday afternoon and
the fellas and me, was watching the Super Bowl live on my color TV.
With two minutes left in the
second, half time was near, so we drew straws for who’d go out for beer.
Herb drew the loser and was
preparing to go, slipping on his galoshes to help fight the snow.
Suddenly the game was
interrupted for an important news flash, right in the middle of the score tying
pass.
We cussed the announcer ‘til
it was a crying sin, the chump could have waited for the play to end.
But when we heard what he was
saying we knew we wanted to know, so we just shut up and let him go.
He said, “A great day of
sadness is upon us here, Christmas and Easter might be canceled this year.
Santa and the Rabbit were
suspended from their spot. They were busted for smuggling marijuana and
possession of credit card that were hot.
They were arrested at the
Mexican border in St. Nicks Caddy Coupe, we knew we were witnessing a history-making
scoop.
He said the Feds received a
hot tip that Santa's big pink ride was heading this way with 10 kilos inside.
So they staked out the border
until they came through, the rabbit was booked for a pistol too.
Now I was really shocked and
really felt bad, about as choked up a feeling as I’ve ever had.
The announcer said, “More on
this on the news at six,” then returned us to the game, half-time show was in
progress and it began to rain.
Bill said he was always
suspicious because he could never see how those dudes made a living giving away
toys and colored eggs for free.
Stan said he was confused,
why was everyone so mad, it was only weed and that ain’t so bad.
We all just shook our heads
because it just goes to show, who is into what you can never really know.
As the game was about to
begin the second half, I couldn’t help but think about my younger years past.
Because ever since I was a
kid I always wondered and wanted to ask, where does the tooth Fairy get all her
cash?
