‘Tis holiday season across the land,

And the best celebration of all is at hand!

Cardboard Boxing Day’s here, so we get to play—

Building cardboard creations all through the day!

But not everyone’s ready for when this day ends . . .

Macho wants to keep making creations for friends!

He’s constructing a whole Cardboard Neighborhood

And he’s taking a lot more time than he should.

He won’t stop pasting and painting and priming!

He won’t stop drawing and cutting and rhyming!

He won’t listen when friends say the holiday’s through!

He won’t even stop for the Cardboard Kaiju!

The Kaiju has come for her annual dinner—

She can’t wait to get all that old cardboard in her!

She loves to bite boxes, crunch cartons galore,

Degustation of corrugation makes her heart soar!

But Macho won’t give her his cardboard to gobble

And the hungry Kaiju is starting to squabble!

Her tummy’s growling, she’s feeling frustrations—

It’s her job to munch up all the creations!

So what do we do when it’s time to be done,

But we aren’t ready to stop having fun?

Can Macho be macho enough to let go

So the Kaiju can have a good time, also?

It’ll take being brave, and grateful, and kind,

But if Macho can do it, soon he will find

Though happy things ending can give you the blues 

It feels good to share things with friends—and Kaijus!

Happy Holidays, everyone—enjoy the show!

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