[at-l] Dear Santa

[TOKTAADN@aol.com]

Please pardon my imprecision
My list went out with undue haste
So now I send a revision
Throw the other in the arctic waste.

You see, Santa, my online hikers
Keep me informed of all the new fads
The widgets, the doodles and the gadgets
Needed by all the trail moms and dads.

Here's something I just learned
After I mailed you that first list
Among hikers this is yearned
It is something not to be missed.

No longer Merrell, Asolo or Vasque
Is the boot for which I should ask
All the others now become moot
Just send me a pair of jackboots!

(Cue patriotic marching music)

And I'll hike with a lively step
And keep the trail clear every day
From those radicals and freethinkers
Who would wish to have the final say.

Santa, it's really quite sad
From the AT, they'd ban your sleigh
I need those jackboots bad
And you'll land the ADA way.

What with your paunch
And that backbreaking sack
It is for sure
A disability you don't lack.

They try to stop us
They'll never save it
We'll control the AT
Then we'll pave it!

Happy delusional holidays,

Solar Bear






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