SILENT NIGHT

In unison

one hundred and fifty gay Santas

in their little red suites

and clip-on beards

stop singing

and start signing

Silent Night.

Three hundred gloved hands

white like doves

take flight

offering the carol

to our eyes -

and we hear it like nothing

we’ve ever heard before.

And our hearts break open

and the ten thousand tears

that spirit from us

are like an ovation

feathered in grace.