From writer Jo Walton:
Not the Christmas Poem You Were Looking For

Behold the lizard
Observe Nature's defiance
Witness your ruin

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To scorn all strife, and to view all life
With the curious eyes of a child;
From the plangent sea to the prairie,
From the slum to the heart of the Wild.
From the red-rimmed star to the speck of sand,
From the vast to the greatly small;
For I know that the whole for good is planned,
And I want to see it all.
--Robert Service

Roses are reddish
Violets are bluish
If it weren't for Christmas
We'd all be Jewish.
--Benny Hill

"May I print a kiss on your lips?" I said,
And she nodded her full permission:
So we went to press and I rather guess
We printed a full edition."
--Joseph Lilientha

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No word back yet from the magazine about my short story, although I shouldn't expect to hear anything for a couple of months. The vampire story is up to 2,269 words and slowly rolling right along. The novel remains on the ZIP disk, mocking me.

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