Sunday, 22 December 2019 10:36 pm
Miss-letoe
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deckardcanineA lot of modern Christmas art contains an act of folly.
You want to show some mistletoe? Don’t make it look like holly.
Perhaps you like that better, but I’d rather not be errant.
The berries should be yellow-white and practically transparent.
The leaves should not be prickly, wavy, thick, or glossy green
But smoother, smaller, spoon-shaped, and without that sort of sheen.
The branches should be green, not brown or overly obscured
By leaves. With that, I trust that your correctness is assured.
You want to show some mistletoe? Don’t make it look like holly.
Perhaps you like that better, but I’d rather not be errant.
The berries should be yellow-white and practically transparent.
The leaves should not be prickly, wavy, thick, or glossy green
But smoother, smaller, spoon-shaped, and without that sort of sheen.
The branches should be green, not brown or overly obscured
By leaves. With that, I trust that your correctness is assured.