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Since it's the holidays I had to do something along with the theme:
 
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CREATURE CHRISTMAS
 
 
Finally, it has come
That time of year
A time for friends and family
To indulge in holiday cheer.
The first Christmas story
By many held dear
Told again and again
To all whom will hear.
A babe in a manger
His birth foretold by seers
A King who would one day
Rule by Love, Not by Fear.
Later to hang on the cross
While his persecutors jeered
Giving his Life to save All
His message simple and clear.
Let us not forget those creatures
Who at his birth also gathered near.
Why would a King such as this
Commune with animals as peers?
As some would consider this scene
Sacreligious if not queer
Perhaps there is also a message
To be found right here.
Mankind's relationship to the Others
Whom also inhabit this precious Sphere
Should by the Creator's own humble example
Rather than self-importance, be steered.
 
* Wendy Tebay