the same Christmas card again

as usual,

the best Christmas

cards

come from the Exxon station

up the street

where i get my oil

changed,

and from my dentist

who cleans

my teeth,

not to mention

my lawyer

and tax preparer.

they're beautiful cards,

oversized

with embossed lettering,

brilliantly colored

pictures of mangers

and other religious

scenes.

pieces of art that

should be framed.

they never send the same

card, year

after year, like i do.

sending one out from

the box of one hundred,

which seems to 

never end.