The 12 Haiku of Christmas

Partridge and pear tree

my gift on Christmas: day one

bird’s eating the pears

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On Christmas: day two

I received two turtle doves

no hope for the pears

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Day three:  three french hens

I couldn’t understand a

single word they said

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Fourth day of Christmas:

Four calling birds for a grand

total of ten birds

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I got five gold rings

on Christmas’s fifth day

finally not a bird!

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Day six has arrived

I got six egg-bearing geese

more birds.  You kidding??

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On the seventh day

where will I put seven swans?

my tub’s getting full

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Day eight: eight milk maids

I have no use for them, but

at least they’re not birds

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Nine ladies dancing

are what I got on day nine

this is worse than birds

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Ten Lords-a-leaping

“why” you ask “are they jumping?”

they’re dodging bird poop

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On day eleven

I’m deafened by the sounds of

eleven pipers

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finally, the last day

more noise: twelve drummers drumming

this is a nightmare

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In Today’s News:

Mr. Claus of “The Arctic” was arrested today on an international warrant.  Authorities charged him with “aggravated voyeurism”.  This seemingly jolly man apparently “knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake.”

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posted for the Trifecta 33 word challenge

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