Feature Photo by Pascal Campion

Saturday, December 24, 2022

Imagine it’s the holiday season you’ll meet the love of your life.

Avoiding holiday rom-coms, til it’s enough, okay, alright…

Envision the gestures of a Christmas Day Funcle,

But careful enough you’re not the cringy Drunkle,

Hi aunties…

Home Alone through all the childhood winter breaks,

Now old enough to be home alone,

Reminiscing past holiday aches,

It’s never enough to be by yourself,

So you’re with yourself,

Setting plates on your strongest kitchen shelf,

Fuck a Christmas elf,

…could be love as if you’ve never felt it,

An abyss of a mistletoe, kiss it,

Chapped lips on you,

A kiss chipped,

Our wish is in bliss,

A missed kiss,

Or a midnight blip,

A dream we’re jipped,

Or solace with them,

An Artistic new miss,

-Budd

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