The fellowship is festive.
Rectified canticles boom from the sanctum,
Would you believe?
… Marching as to war,
All the pardoned felons
Going on before…
Rigor mortified, the righteous
Stiff-arm the anxious,
The walking doomed. Worm meat.
All told in the scriptures:
They will go poof. Straight to hell.
Burnt alive. No end to it. Amen.
To the heavenly fathered
Of the requisite persuasion
(Ideally Caucasian),
Perfumed satins, spangled britches,
Penthouse accommodation,
Aryan hosannas, aurean swag,
Fairway and beachfront nation.
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EthicalDative 
Sue, I hope this reply reaches you. Some aberrant keystroke which I made caused your response to be trashed by WordPress! Certainly not what I intended. I’ve tracked your comment to the “Trash” folder which seems to be letting me reply. I hope it will restore the exchange to the active thread! Thank you, and let’s keep up our spirits for 2026. — Jim
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Thanks Jim. Yes I’ve got your reply. Fingers crossed for a better year ahead. Cheers!
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Thank goodness, Sue. It still irks me that WordPress didn’t restore your comment, only my reply. It’s a chink in the platform’s GUI. Good design would prescribe displaying a sticky confirm alert before taking an unsalvageable action. I’m a touch typist and pay no attention to my fingers, so occasionally in my impetuous attack of the keyboard I hit a combination that the program takes as a command! On we go. Best regards.
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