I'll tell you what it Is,

—Maybe!

[Pg 34]

The Christmas Tree

 know you're in the house;

I know you are in there;

I feel the green and breathing

All around the air.

I know you're safe and warm;

I know you're very near.

Oh, darling Tree,

Do you hear?

I promised not to look

(The way I did before),

But I can hear you purring—

Purring, through the door:

A green, soft, purring;

Just as if you knew:

Everybody here

Loves you.

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