I wrote this for Lactnet, Christmas 1997.
I had lost it but someone said they would like a Christmas poem so I found it in the archives and I am sending it again....
Ann Calandro

                                            A Holiday Poem for YOU

Twas two weeks before Christmas and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring `cept the `lectronic mouse.

The Christmas tree sat all forlorn and bare
While mom's reading Lactnet, tucked on her chair.

The stockings weren't hung by the chimney,in fact,
They're still in the attic, carefully packed.

The wreath wasn't bought and the cards were not written,
No cookies were baked, and mom was still sittin'.

The children were plotting to put mom NOMAIL,
And hinting for gifts, currently on sale.

When a wonderful thought appeared with a FLASH,
I'll sit reading Lactnet, and just give them CASH!

No shopping, no malls, no visits to Santa,
Just warm cozy emails from home to Atlanta.

And Texas,Vermont, and Kalamazoo,
Kentucky, New Orleans, and Canada too.

So laying her finger aside the send
Mom sent holiday greetings to every friend.

Who celebrates Christmas and those who do not.
For sharing so much, she thanks them a lot.
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May the peace of the season be with you all, and the vision we share so
well be continued in 2005.

Ann Calandro
North Carolina, USA

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