Unhappy Santa
written by: Dawn DeBraal
The night before Christmas. At Waldman-Coast’s store,
Santa had had it. His patience was, wore.
Mom raised her camera, “Smile kids. Quick”!
All that we heard was one little click.
Several days later, the film had revealed.
An unhappy Santa, so out of his field.
Mother was sad. Her vision was marred.
She wouldn’t put Santa on our Christmas Card
We never went back to Waldman’s again,
For that unhappy Santa wasn’t our friend.
At Christmas, we think about that dear old chap.
Is he still playing Santa? Or is he taking a nap?
Dawn DeBraal
NOV 2019 / NOV 2022 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, Red, two rescue dogs, and a stray cat. She has published over 550 drabbles, short stories, and poems in online ezines and anthologies, including Spillwords, Black Hare Press, Black Ink Fiction, Blood Song Books, Zimbel House Publishing, Terror House Magazine, CafeLit UK, Potato Soup Journal, Impspired Magazine, Commuter Lit, The World of Myth, Valiant Scribe, Wicked Shadow Press, Unsettling Reads, and many more. She co-wrote a novel under the pen name of Garrison McKnight, nominated for 2019 Pushcart Award by Falling Star Magazine, Mystery Category winner, 2021 SOOP contest, and runner-up in 2022 Horror Short Story Contest.
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