Just found his. I wrote it 10 years ago...


It was the night before Christmas
And the sound heard in the Courthouse
The jingling of keys hung by the cell door
Where piped-down Otis laid soused

Christmas cards were tacked
on the bulletin board with care
That one from the Hubacher Brothers
A reminder for Ange and Barn to visit them there

The glowing tree glistened with that sweet pine scent
Covering that horrible stench
Where a dead fish once went:
Top drawer, to the right,
behind the Justice Of The Peace’s bench

Suddenly! There was a sound on high!
Shuffling feet of reindeer with the Big Guy?
Otis rose and gazed about
Alas, it was Gomer..still up on the blockhouse lookout