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"The Night Before Christmas" Godfather Version
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12/21/05 08:41 PM
12/21/05 08:41 PM
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The Slippery Slope
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here, by popular demand (if you can call one request - by SC - "popular demand") is my Godfather version of the classic "The Night Before Christmas."
Originally written in December, 2002, I offer it once again to dispel the notion that I have no holiday spirit and am, in fact, a grinch in disguise.
The Night Of The Hit Attempt
'Twas the night of the hit attempt, and all through the estate
Some were not sleeping 'cause the party'd run late
The drapes were left open by Fredo with care
Not knowing Roth's hitmen soon would be there
Kay C. was nestled all snug in her bed
While hopes of legitimacy danced in her head
And Mama, still thinking of Connie and Merle
Was hoping her daughter would be a good girl
When out on the lawn there arose a slight clatter
Michael looked through the drapes to see what was the matter
Then away from the window he sprang like a hare
As the sound of the gunfire rang through the air
He crawled on the floor to reach Kay in her bed
And then pulled her down while he cradled her head
The shooting was over and so was the noise
In the room where the children come play with their toys
Michael ran out, though his eyes were still bleary
"Where's Rocco? Where's Fredo? Where's Hagen and Neri?"
"Get them alive, Rocco" is what Michael said
But he knew that the hitmen were already dead
Back in the house Michael sat down with Tom
And said "I'm going away, you will be the new Don
"There's a traitor among us who's name I can't leak"
But he thought it was Fredo, so stupid and weak
On the way to Miami, Michael started to think
About those he had killed without even a blink
McCluskey, Sollozzo, Stracchi and Rizzi
Moe Greene, Tattaglia, Tessio, and Barzini
And he knew he'd be adding one more to that list
And when he found him, his lips he would kiss
The kiss of death he would get, then his life would be lost
But that still left the question: Pentangelli or Roth
By the end of the film, Michael knew who it was
Ola, and Fredo, and Roth was the buzz
So Mike had them all killed, but his mind was still frozen
On Hyman Roth's words about the business he'd chosen
Michael tried to retire, his head started to spin
"As soon as I'm out, they just pull me back in"
He made Vincent the Don, much to his delight
And decided to go to the opera that night
But due to events which unfolded, to wit:
Mike didn't know that there'd be one more hit
Both twins were killed; it was really quite scary
But what made it worse was, the killer got Mary
So Michael died wealthy, though really quite poor
He won many battles, but still lost the war
And now final words for my friends on this site:
Merry Christmas to all...watch The Godfather tonight!
"Difficult....not impossible"
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Re: "The Night Before Christmas" Godfather Version
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12/21/05 08:46 PM
12/21/05 08:46 PM
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The Ravenite Social Club
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Don Cardi  Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: "The Night Before Christmas" Godfather Version
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12/21/05 10:13 PM
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The Italian Stallionette
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I think it's excellent.  We should post it every Christmas here on the BB. PLaw, you have a knack!!  Perfect poem for the Holidays on the BB. TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon
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Re: "The Night Before Christmas" Godfather Version
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12/22/05 12:21 PM
12/22/05 12:21 PM
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Gateshead, UK
Capo de La Cosa Nostra
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What a delight that was, to read once again But sadly not a sign of the Lake Tahoe hitmen If I were there now, from one writer to another I'd kiss you, though not one of death, and call you my brother Happy holidays all! 
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric.
You go clickety click and get your head split.
'The hell you look like on a message board
Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
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Re: "The Night Before Christmas" Godfather Version
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12/23/05 12:37 PM
12/23/05 12:37 PM
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Posts: 443
New Jersey
Obsessed With The GodFather
Capo
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Capo
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Cheering  Love It! I am printing this one up!
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Fan!
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Re: "The Night Before Christmas" Godfather Version
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12/26/05 03:08 PM
12/26/05 03:08 PM
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Hell
Mike Sullivan
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This "poem" is one for the ages, plaw. Great stuff, I must say.
Madness! Madness!
- Major Clipton
The Bridge On The River Kwai
GOLD - GOLD - GOLD - GOLD. Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold, Molten, Graven, Hammered, Rolled, Hard to Get and Light to Hold; Stolen, Borrowed, Squandered - Doled.
- Greed
Nothing Is Written
Lawrence Of Arabia
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BRAVO!!!!! 
That was great Neal. You are really blessed to have such a wonderful writing talent. 
