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Sunday, May 21, 2017

A GOBLIN IS SLIDING THE SLOPE OF HIS VEST. (10)

SANTA'S ASLEEP

Santa, dear Santa, is having a snooze

Hush, hush!  Don't make any noise.

He has just gotten home from his holiday cruise

And sleeps amid leftover toys.


His elfin assistants, that mischievous pair,

Play hide-and-seek there in his thistledown hair.

Santa, unheeding, is slumbering deep

Santa's asleep!


Santa is sleeping, his head on his chest;

He's having a beautiful nap.

A goblin is sliding the slope of his vest,

While others are climbing his lap!


They swing on his whiskers which merrily soar

Lifted aloft by his hurricane snore!

But nothing disturbs him, no chuckle or peep

Santa's asleep!


His cap is on crooked, he sprawls in his chair;

The goblins continue their play;

Peeking in, Mrs. Santa says softly, "Take care!"

Then quietly tiptoes away.


Santa, poor darling, is not any shirk,

But climbing down chimneys is rather hard work!

Let's all slip away, for we love him a heap

Santa's asleep!


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