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‘Tis the holiday season,
Families gather,
friends meet,
gifts exchanged,
decorated egos-
slyly wrapped;
beneath rosy ribbons,
Squabbles peak,
Money rules,
Sentiments lost,
Relationships broken,
Open me,
Checkmate,
‘Tis the holiday season.
34 words
P.S :- This poem is inspired from a news clipping I happened to read about relationships being broken around the holiday season. Fights usually revolve around whose gift is more pricer. It’s sad to note that emotions and relationships take a backseat and money rules.
Acknowledgements :- Thank you Sadje for hosting What do you see challenge #166. The above photo is the prompt. For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.
Kitty's Verses 
Great, thought provoking poem Kitty. Sometimes we, humans become so petty and small minded. Thanks for joining in.
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That’s true. Thank you, Ma’am. 🙂
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My pleasure
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🙂
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Kitty I can relate as I have one son who has to compare and keep a tally of what his brother gets. It makes gifting him anything an exercise in arithmetic and balancing a spreadsheet of purchases making sure the total is dead even. The last time he complained (he was about 16) I showed him my gift list and told him that if he wanted things even he owed his brother 7 cents – to make it equal! He’s never complained to me since but he still keeps count (now he’s 34). Your poem is an accurate description in so many ways!
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Thank you for stopping by, Muri. Thanks for sharing your story, it’s a sad reality. 🙂
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Squabbels speak! 😅 Love your take on gifting.
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Thank you, Sangeetha. 🙂
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This is such a sad poem. It’s even worse that its meaning is seated in truth and modern behavior. My husband and I didn’t exchange bought gifts. I made his favourite Greek lamb meal ( a seven hour labor of live) and we went in a short break to my favourite game farm.
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That’s a beautiful gesture from the both of you. Intentions matter, not the price of the gifts. Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
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mood the tude
dudette
and yet
ah so
the ephiphany
see?
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