The Narcissistic Grinch

Sometimes the only way to deal with a Holiday Hooligan is to laugh; to eat lots of chocolate; to shop 'til we drop; to spike the eggnog; to gamble in Las Vegas; to self-destruct in countless ways---including the most vicious behavior of all: writing poetry and letting other folks read it.

If you're facing a mismatch between the Dream Holiday and the Real Holiday waking you up at night, I hope this little ditty offers some relief.

I wrote it a few years ago after my worst-Christmas-ever; but it still makes me smile today. I hope you're smiling, too.

The Narcissistic Grinch

by CZBZ

Never give an inch to the Narcissistic Grinch
The one who hopes to steal our Christmas joyous!
Whether he knows it or not, he cannot have what we've got

so the best that he can do is to annoy us.

Never even flinch when the Narcissistic Grinch
triggers your response to his false keenness.
He hopes to spoil it all, since he does not have the balls
to stop projecting all his spite and meanness.

And if the nasty Grinch is a narcissistic wench
with greedy fingers wrapped around your riches...
Let her know right quick, that you are no Saintly Nick
and your brains are in your head and not your britches.

So never give an inch to the Narcissistic Grinch
Begrudging what he gets and what he's giving
The price you'll have to pay on this special holiday
will cost the very spirit out of living.

If the GriNchie bears a gift and you catch a certain whiff
Of moldy smells enmeshed with one another...
It is relatively sure (some folks say there is no cure)
He'll be gifting you with fruitcake from his mother.

Wishing all of you a Happy Holiday!

P.S. Okay...maybe not happy the way you've imagined being happy; but a certain variety of happiness of the relatively-boring and low-anxiety definition. Why yearn for happy when sanity is perfectly 'good enough'?

Hugs all,

CZBZ