Twas the night before Christmas And all through the jail Lots of creatures were stirring Even a vengeful inmate with a nail The toilet paper was hung by the communal toilet without care In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there The prisoners were nustled unsafe in their beds While visions of freedom danced in their heads And I in my orange prison uniform and the guard in her cap Wished we could settle down for a long winter's nap When up from the roof there arose such a clatter The prison guard sprang from her chair to see what was the matter I knew that someone was up on that roof so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick And then in the twinkling I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each tiny hoof Then when I felt all would be well In St. Nicholson came into our cell He spoke a few words and went straight to his work Then he exclaimed like a jerk Deadbeat dads who make kids cry Bad check writers who steal and lie Drunk drivers who maim and make people fret You all deserve the baloney sandwich you're going to get But I come here to give you more than words I also give you my Christmas turds Then he laid a finger aside of his nose And majically a chimney arose Up he went and I heard him exclaim as he faded from sight Merry Christmas to everyone else and I wish them all well But as for you You can all go to hell!
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Posted: Dec 2014
About this poem:
We have the largest prison population in the world. Most of the people in prison don't deserve to be there, but a few do. It seems that we reward bad behavior and punish good behavior in this country. I just think it would be nice to have the truly bad ones get a good scolding from Ol St. Nick.
fjamesj9701, thanks for your comment. I look at the local fines and it seems about 20% of them are for things that should be fined like stealing, driving drunk, etc. Most are for speeding(speed traps), no insurance, drug possession, etc.
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