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		<title>Christmas Shopping &#8211; A Christmas Poem</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I push open the big door,
laughing,
all the time in the world.
I step into another place.
People struggle past-
too many packages heaped in their arms,
faces strained and distant.
Why did they shop if it bothered them?
It didn&#8217;t bother me at all.
The cheerful sound of Jingle Bells
full blast
overwhelms the tumult,
And I hum along.
First Joe.  I know exactly what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I push open the big door,<br />
laughing,<br />
all the time in the world.<br />
I step into another place.<br />
People struggle past-<br />
too many packages heaped in their arms,<br />
faces strained and distant.<br />
Why did they shop if it bothered them?<br />
It didn&#8217;t bother me at all.<br />
The cheerful sound of Jingle Bells<br />
full blast<br />
overwhelms the tumult,<br />
And I hum along.<br />
First Joe.  I know exactly what to get him.<br />
Sold out?  How can you be&#8230;<br />
Well, I do have another idea.<br />
Really, that music is a bit too loud.<br />
Three people down,<br />
I&#8217;ll just pay for this-<br />
How dare he cut in front of me?<br />
There should be a law.<br />
Stop smiling.<br />
That music.  If I only hadn&#8217;t come.<br />
An eternity later, I stumble towards the door.<br />
A crazed person holds it open for me.<br />
Then he willingly enters the torture chamber.</p>
<p>&#8211;Katelyn Thomas</p>
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