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Skoog will run the red lights at Auntie’s tonight

Dan Webster

It's barely past Thanksgiving and Christmas is already in the air. Lights are up in neighborhoods across the city, TV ads feature all shapes and sizes of Santa Claus and every business is offering some sort of holiday discount.

So, yes, Christmas is coming. It's only natural, then, that I should share a link to a poem titled "The Carolers.

The poem was written by Ed Skoog, a poet who will be reading at 7 tonight at Auntie's Bookstore. A native of Kansas, Skoog earned a MFA from the University of Montana and is the author of both chapbooks and full-length collections (such as 2013's "Rough Day").

Skoog will be reading from his new book, "Run the Red Lights." Sounds like something that might make a good gift.

For Christmas.