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'Twas the day after Christmas
and all through the house
Children sat slack-jawed, bored on the couch.
Wrappings and toys littered the
floor,
An incredible mess that I did abhor.
With Mom in her robe and I in
my jeans,
We waded in to get the place clean.
When suddenly the doorbell: it
started to clatter,
I sprang to the Security-View to check out the matter.
The new-fallen snow, now
blackened with soot,
Was trampled and icy and treacherous to foot.
But suddenly in view, did I
gasp and pant:
An unhappy bill collector and eight tiny accountants.
The door flew open and in they
came,
Stern-looking men with bills in my name.
On Discover, on Visa, on
American Express,
On Mastercard too, I sadly confess,
Right to my limits, then beyond my net worth,
Over the top I had charged, in a frenzy of mirth.
The black-suited men, so
somber, so strict,
I wondered why me that they had first picked.
They stared at me with a look I
couldn't miss,
That said "Buddy, when are you for paying for this?"
I shrugged my shoulders, but
then I grew bolder,
Went to the cabinet and pulled out a folder.
"As you can see," I
said with a smile,
"It's bankruptcy that I'll have to file!"
And with a swoop of my arm, my middle digit extended
I threw the bills in the fire: the matter had ended.
The scent of burnt ash came to
my nose,
As up the chimney my credit-worthiness rose.
Without another word they
turned and walked out,
Got into their limos, but one gave a shout:
"You may think that's the answer to all of your fears,
But it's nothing you'll charge for at least seven years!
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