no christmas card this year

I used to get more Christmas
cards
than I did this year.

the box was full of red envelopes
with little
santa claus stamps
stuck on the corner.

I go through the list
to see who has dissed me in such

a despicable way
this holiday season.

ex wives ex girlfriends.
siblings. not a peep out of any
of them. not a card, or a cookie
baked.

the ex in-laws, nada.
the sister, nothing.
the son, the brother in law.
zippo.

and I was almost friends with
these people.

in the past all the cards were
signed, with love and best
wishes for the holiday season,
so and so.

but I guess the love is gone,
or maybe it was temporary,
or not at all. oh well.

it's a shame.