first friday
it’s the first Friday
in December
and in our little
snow globe town
which means we light
the evergreen tree
on the Town Green
crowds gather
and the traffic jams
for no other reason
than we have
decided it matters
to all be together
to flip the switch
the evening is
electric because
of what gets
handed down
and all that is
connected to the
lights on the tree
otherwise the
stories would fall
away like most of
the other leaves and
our hearts would
be bare like branches
for the winter
Peace,
Milton