Things I Sometimes Forget (2nd draft)

[fim]

Once he wrote a story about a vanishing donut.
He called it "The Vanishing Donut", because that's what it was about.
That was the year he gave his older brother a lime for Christmas (which cost him thirty seven cents),
and told him it was to help him quit smoking (he could eat limes instead).

Once he wrote a poem about Karl Rove molesting a goat.
It was called "Karl Rove is a Goat Molester", because that's what it was about.
That was the year he read "The Perks of Being a Wallflower",
and voted for Ron Paul.
He didn't give anything to anyone for Christmas that year.

Once he wrote a novel about failure.
He called it "My Life is a Failure", because he thought that sounded like a catchy title.
That was the year he gave everything he owned to his wife and daughter for Christmas,
and he gave himself fifty sleeping pills and a bottle of Jack Daniels.

leftover sushi,
your poem doesn't rhyme and doesn't have any meter that I recognize, but I agree with Rowens (of MANY stars) that "it works." Unlike Rowens I found myself compelled to reread it immediately many times. I like the artist way you wove in a recurring event (Christmas), kind of used it as a mooring buoy throughout your poem, and, finally, sunk your vessel right by the buoy.
Usually I don't care much for poems with depressing endings, but I liked this one.
fim