This is a long poem… perhaps a challenge for some of you lazy-cyber readers but give this ditty a shot…. there’s a lesson to be learned. Stash
Tommy Made A Snowball
Tommy made a snowball…
No one saw when he threw it.
Yep, Thomas was the guilty one
And everybody knew it.
Tommy isn’t a bad, bad boy but
If there’s a problem, go find him.
He always winds up in a fix…
You don’t ever have to remind him.
Yesterday, on Christmas Eve,
Tommy decided to play a trick.
He waited on his cold roof top…
He knew he’d have to be quick.
When he heard tinkling sleigh-bells
And that familiar, jolly “Ho-Ho-Ho!”,
He let loose his strong pitching arm
And gave that snowball a throw.
But time had turned his snow to ice
And when it smacked Blitzen’s head,
His bright eyes instantly dimmed,
As Santa’s lead deer fell dead.
The police arrived inside an hour
But the culprit had by then vanished.
Who could have done such a thing?
That person ought to be banished!
On suspicion alone, they took Tommy in…
Without thought to his fragile self-esteem.
“How could you have done such a horrid act?!”
“Not me!!” was the answer he screamed.
The court released dear little Tommy…
It couldn’t convict on a mere belief.
So Thomas walked away to freedom,
While Santa sank into his grief.
Mrs. Claus worried at her hubby’s return.
He was no longer his old jovial self.
Santa didn’t treat the reindeer nicely
And he spoke gruffly to all of his elves.
Mama Claus thought to herself,
“I’ve got to cure my Santa’s blues.”
She planned all night and hatched a plot.
She knew just what she should do.
She enlisted the help of the elf brigade
To assist in her righteous chore.
The sleigh left at twilight’s dim…
The reindeer pulled like never before.
Landing ever so lightly on the roof of Tom,
The avengers made their way to his room.
Without a knock, they snatched the lad…
Drastic measures to ease Santa’s gloom.
Back to the pole, in the dead of night,
Tommy begged and pleaded and cried.
But try as he might, he couldn’t explain
Why Blitzen had so needlessly died.
The investigation didn’t last very long
And the jury took less time than that.
But when all had been said and done,
Tom’s excuses lay pancake flat.
What happened next is anyone’s guess.
To date, it remains quite a mystery.
Tommy disappeared without a trace…
Leaving a short but annoying history.
They say Santa sees everything…
It was a rumor and everyone knew it.
Yes, Tommy made the snowball
But guess who saw, when he threw it.
END