David
is doing five years for cocaine possession.
Kendra and David had been married just under a year before his
incarceration. David is housed in Solano State Prison near Sacramento and
Kendra lives and works in San Diego so she can not visit very often. This was how Kendra remembers Christmas 2000.
No presents or Christmas tree
Holding hands rubbing wedding bands
Sneaking kisses sliding hands
Naked under the moo-moo
Daughter Dessy coos, giggles and drools
Reindeer rides from daddy
Twirls like an airplane
Fingers and thumbs move upward
don’t kill the itsy bitsy spider
Imaginary transformation
Guards, barbed wire, uniforms
Now elves, snow, Christmas cloths
Toddlers sing Santa songs
Three loud horns
Daddies become soldiers
Elves become Sergeants
Wives gather children
Babies cry
Children run for one last hug
I wipe my tear
Flip my hair
glance over my shoulder
Pucker my lips and throw a kiss
Merry Christmas, husband
