'Twas the day before the day before Christmas

Yo, people bound today for friends
or stores for gifts to send,
To a small king. No smoking
guns were found in news. So now Iraq
Invites the CIA to join the pack
To search for weapons of mass attack
Which once deployed cannot be taken back
Like gifts, to customer service.
Rumors of war are making people nervous.

The shoe must go on

Meanwhile in downtown Carbondale the scene
Is brightened by an enterprise that fits right in
Next door to old Rosetta News
A Gallery, where you can choose
From many kinds of women's shoes.



The clerk resembles Santa Claus's daughter.
Store owner, Jeff Young taught her
How to operate the register for cash 'n'
checks to pay for new foot fashions.