You can tie a ribbon
any way you want
and give it any color you think
but that doesn’t change a thing.
Cancer
will still spread
and guns
will still fire
and teens
will keep killing themselves.
you’re so worried about
how things look
you won’t use your teeth
and tie the bow
into a tourniquet.
You are broke on Christmas
fragile and afraid
offering what you can
and doing your best
to make what won’t get better
look better.