Christmas 2013

by R. D. Ashby

what a world this is
that thrives on fantasy
to experience the real.

Christmas no exception
a living fairy-tale
in sparkling lights

money is the religion
the appeal for it
climaxed at Christmas.

Christ entombed in tradition
the nativity a side-show
a second-rate fantasy.

24-Dec-2013

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Comments on this Poem

Thank you. Man thirsts for the truth: in fact, the truth of sensation. Christ identifies with truth; even Christ has to be fantasised in a long tradition of religious art to enable sensation. In these days of high-tech based entertainment, religious art, even a babe in a beautifully arranged manger scene, is relatively unglamourous. The fantasy of the nativity scene is by wordly standards of sensation distinctly second-rate, and thus down-graded is the truth experienced.

rdashby
26-Dec-2013 15:42 PM

Sometimes people get happiness to expend money.And festivals are great
example of it.You have fantastically explained your views here.Thank you.
Happy Christmas Day.

Nathmal Sharma MertaCity
25-Dec-2013 22:11 PM