Mathis sings O Tannenbaum
with Mannheim
Steamroller on Pandora, and yes I’m
still blessing myself with Christmas music
into mid-January as the disc
switches to Peggy Lee and The
Christmas
Waltz, her flawless softness
like midnight mass
and this song of mine in three-quarter time
morphs to Como’s Winter
Wonderland rhyme.
These last century’s sounds prompt gratitude
for all. Dino’s Jingle Bells
elbows rude
reality in, recalls him drinking
alone after his son’s jet crash. Thinking
this must lead to Elvis mellowing Blue
Christmas, but I’m not blue now
sensing you.
A guitar strums Oh Come, Emmanuel
and I pray your sweet soul comes soon as well.
Roger Armbrust
January 11,
2013
