5 | and the christmas lights stay up

the window fogs with winter air

and the christmas lights across the road

chime in red and green and gold

beneath the sun and snow

and still the street is silent 

and the childrens play is muffled

and through the motion and the scuffle

the christmas lights stay up

after thirty-first and countdown

feel the rumble of the city sing

as the cars come through the fleeting

the tired new years laughter pealing

and the children trudge to bed

as the parents look at window

see the snow across the meadow

the christmas lights stay up

now the nights grow ever colder

and adults drink their beer and wine

as the calendar’s one turns to calendar’s nine

the christmas lights stay up