by Masago: Rengay #17 (Dec 23-29, 2007) Summary
Another Gin
Snowy evening —
a Christmas card for mailing,
last year.
The party guests leave —
she wins another gin.
He says he knows
the one who gave the gift —
missing nametag.
Returned gamecard —
the one he really wants,
is not in stock.
Hockey card collection,
all but Wayne Gretzky's.
The mailman
comes around early —
credit card bills.
The central theme of this rengay is "Cards" with a secondary theme of "Not". Although all but the first verse has an explicit winter season reference, one should likely get a Christmas holiday feeling after reading the entire rengay. Verse two describes the leaving of party guests. There are many parties and get-togethers at this time of the year. In the third verse there is a gift without a name tag, a not uncommon event on Christmas morning (or Christmas Eve for some). In verse 4 we have a gift being returned on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas when a lot of gifts are returned, wrong size etc... a very busy shopping day. The actual term "boxing day" is of British origin). In verse six we have the after-Christmas bills to think about (or not).
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8 comments:
interesting. man, you really put a lot of work into these!
yes indeed a lot of work
john
Let's have another one!:)
i'm impressed
Andrew: Thank you my friend, a labour of love? :-)
John: Thank you!
Borut: Another rengay? Or maybe another Christmas (or both?). Thanks!
Polona: Thank you!
Another gin, Vaughn!:)
Borut: "...down the hatch!", then. :-)
A persuasively wry look at the season, Vaughn.
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