‘Twas’ the night before Christmas And all thru the house Not a creature was standing Not even the house Hungrier and hungrier Everything he consumed No apologies leaking From this monstrous groom The presents he lay Were well-looking graves And the children he scuttled Well... they misbehaved. And lastly his belly Bloated, hugging with worms His secrets were coaxed All his conditions and terms A heart hard as coal And a chain round his pets He scampered into night Until then to forget