The American Paganism

Then, we sing Auld Lang Sine every New Years Eve
And play our patriotic hymns in the morning
Before every class... how the children sing.

Then, Eros, that Cupid, the baby cherub
Brings his arrows of bliss, and shoots his
Tarths at lovers, to cause them to make love.

The rainbow, at its end, is a pot of gold,
And fortune is found by chasing it, for it ends
And the Leprechauns play every March.

Then the Easter Bunny hides our toys
And all our candies, and our airplane
Gliders, and our painted eggs. Such joy.

In the morn, Mother nature and Father time
Consummate their marriage, and by evolution
Do they create the world, like a Fantasia.

Then we know George Washington never told a lie,
And Ben Franklin invented Electricity,
And Thomas Edison invented the light bulb after 100 tries.

We know Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492
Because he knew the Earth was round, and that
He'd sail to the coast of India if he just believed.

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed
And on that very day, Revolution started, because 
Of the first shot fired at Concord and Lexington.

Then the Spooks, Ghouls and Goblins and jack o'lanterns 
Come out for a scare, and the skeletons
And the witches, and there are Parades and Trick or Treat.

Then in the cornucopia, we find our Harvest's fruits
There, pumpkin, and apples, and turkey, and corn
And and potatoes, which the Pilgrims shared with the Indians.

Finally, the big finale, St. Nicholas rides his sleigh
With a sack of toys for all the good little boys and girls,
In red raiment, and pulled by Rudolf and his friends.

I say it was good. Not believed, save for the hearty love it inspired.