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Friday Poem – ‘Offering’ by Alexandra Davis

As the last Friday Poem of 2021, this week’s Friday Poem is ‘Offering’ by Alexandra Davis from the festive pamphlet Twelve Poems for Christmas.

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Merry Christmas Nadolig Llawen
Offering for Rufus After the wrapping, unwrapping. After unwrapping, the mess. Through paper wasteland my boy wades; his hot, sticky hands embrace my face, pressed like a prayer, gargoyling my smile. Our brown eyes speak of love. Along with the giving, the learning. After the learning, his deed. Up fairylit stairs he charges, inspired; above me the ceiling clunks like a factory; he delivers two papers beneath the tree: one for his daddy, one for me. After the folding, the hiding, the finding, the moment of moment: his hurried gifts. Each scarecrow portrait, carefully drawn, guards a faded five pound note. I accept this gold with kisses. Later I post the paper money back into his box. Alexandra Davis

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