The 12 Dyes of Xmas (Unpub)

     On the 

first day of Xmas, I 

sent a gift to
you…

     dyed 

"Xmas-Without-You-It's-A"
Blue.
 
     On the 

second day, another gift (you’re 

dared to put it 
down)…

     dyed 

"Let's-Pretend-That-He-Is-Parson"
Brown.
 
     On the 

third day, a further gift (one 

gives because one
can)…

     dyed 

"Tannenbaum-O-Tannenbaum"
Tan.
 
     On the 

fourth day, one more (I pray my 

verse has not grown
cold)…

     dyed 

"Rings-Six-Geese-A-Laying-Five"
Gold.
 
     On the 

fifth day, more bounty, some from 

eBay, sight un-
seen…

     dyed 

"Sleeves-And-Who-Else-But-My-Lady"
Green.
 
     On the 

sixth day of Xmas, (please don’t 

open until 
Jan) a 

     gift dyed 

"Claus-I-Saw-Mommy-Kissing"
Xant’a.
 
     On the 

seventh (you'll adore this one – at 

least I hope you
might)…
     dyed 

"Christmas-I-Am-Dreaming-Of-A"
White.
 
     On the 

eighth, again (I hear you cry: "This 

guy is quite the 
joker!")…
     dyed 

 "-Risthmas-Tree-O-Kristhmus-(sic)-Tree"
Ocher.
 
     On the 

ninth day, a gift you’ll not, of 

course, receive a
bill fer…
     dyed 

"Bells-It's-Xmas-In-The-City"
Silver.
 
     On the 

tenth day, one dyed by me, right 

in my kitchen
sink…
     dyed 

"At-Your-Nose-Jack-Frost-Is-Nip-..."
Pink.
 
     On the 

eleventh (who inaugurates such 

nonsense…? No one
knows!)…
     dyed -- 

no lie! -- a "Lo-E'er-Blooming-How-A"
Rose.
 
     On the 

twelfth day, a final gifting 

from the Xmas
Fairy…

     dyed 

"Cheeks-Like-Roses-Nose-Like-A"

Cherry... 
     

     ...and to
all a hurly-burly, never 

surly, awf'lly early, rarely
churly, string-o’-pearly, none too 

curly (heartfelt, surely), "Very
Merry!"