Christmas Mayhem
No holly’s hung, no lights are lit.
The whole kingdom’s in a fit.
The castle’s dark without a tree.
No decorations there to see.
Warn the palace. Call a jury.
We’re indicting them of worry.
What’s the source of their reserve?
What has quenched their Christmas verve?
What has caused the royal court’s
spirit to be out of sorts?
Is it the Prince or Queen or King
that’s robbed them of their royal zing?
One parlor maid revealed the cause
of their neglect of Santa Claus.
Their tree’s not up or decorated
because they’re all addlepated.
Reticent of jingle-jangle,
for their lights are in a tangle.
The queen’s all thumbs, the king has gout
and cannot sort his tree lights out.
The Prince is spoiled so won’t help.
They should dethrone that royal whelp.
But it’s the truth, there is no doubt
that someone has to sort them out.
Send in a tailor, schooled in string,
to come untangle everything.
Get a lumberjack to see
if he can cut them down a tree.
Hang on candy canes and balls.
Toss on their tinsel, deck their halls,
for royalty undecorated
will for sure be under-rated.
Prompts today are worry, palace, jingle, reticent and reserve. All photos courtesy of Unsplash.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Good one Judy. I can just picture it, the chaos in the castle over the tree and the lights. 😂
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Very cute, Judy.
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Imagine the queen deigning to unscramble her own lights. Poetic license….
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I formed a vivid picture in my head, and it’s all your fault.
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Mea Culpa
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Oh sure…
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I never expected to find addlepated in a poem. 😀
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I love the term addlepated beetlehead!!!
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It’s stellar.
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Judy, you could do a children’s book on this one. So good. My favorite line:
Reticent of jingle-jangle,
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Ha…
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Oh, I’d love to re-blog. It’s delicious!
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Please do, Nan. Sorry but I just saw this. I spent the day with a tremendous headache and just woke up. You are always welcome to reblog anything with attribution. Thanks for kind words.
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