Happy Mall-A-Days - December 15, 2018

It’s that time of the year when something is different.
Driving around after dark and going to the store,
There are the usual lights and so many more.
So many colors, so vivid, so bright.
Inflatable characters so huge but so light.
Animated lasers that dazzle the night.
They explode in my eyes and overstimulate my mind,
Alas, I see the waste left behind.

Though not intending to be so Scroogely,
Frugality here would help hugely.
Like the epiphany in some Grinchly lore,
“What if Christmas … doesn’t come from a store.
What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”