Santa's High Tech Blues

From one work bench to another;
Santa made his way-
Checking the list of boys and girls-
before packing that big 'ol sleigh

They used to ask for dolls and wagons;
now high tech is their choice-
X-box; I-pods; cyberwaves galore-
No more letters to Santa; They instant
message with voice!

Suzie wants a cellphone; A plasma
screen T.V.-
With HD and surround sound-
Oh! Mercy, mercy me!

Digital cameras; and DVD's;
megapixels and bytes-
Memory chips and hard drives-
it's gonna' be a real long night!

Wireless keyboards with a mouse
that surfs-
Remote controls for all-
Touch screen software; Upgraded computers;
to eliminate web page stall

CD burners and flat thin monitors;
what happened to yo-yo's and jacks?
Slinkies; Tops; Jump ropes and bikes?
now it's HP's and Imacs!

Now Santa he's a real cool guy;
and tries his best to please-
But every year gets harder and harder;
"You wanna' what?" "Oh Jeez!"

© Lisa Hilbers
12/4/2005