I wrote this on the day after Christmas.
With apologies to Major Henry Livingston Jr. (1748-1828)
(previously believed to be Clement Clarke Moore).
‘Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the House
The leftovers were eaten, the fire was well doused.
The stockings had been stripped of their goodies and lost
While the pols at the Capitol dreamed of bribes of great cost.
SPANISH INQUISITOR 