The Best Christmas Lights
by Franco Bertucci
The best Christmas lights (we've noticed)
are found in the poor neighborhoods
where, one would think,
they can least afford the power.
They sparkle in the dark
and pause us on our way
to delight in our children's delight.But the houses of the rich on the hill
already, all-year-round,
look like Christmas trees at night
and cause us no delight.Poems and other embarassing things. 2011 Franco Bertucci