Tis the week before Christmas, and the city is hopping

The tourists are touring, the shoppers are shopping

The lights at Rock Center are showering white 

on the skaters below gliding round in the night

A Department store Santa tossing stuff from a bucket
beckons me over but I think "Ah, just fuck it"
If Jesus were here he'd most likely concur
If he walked by Saks 5th and saw all of that fur

And I'd say "Hey JC, betcha couldn't foresee
that you'd be the excuse to kill an 80 foot tree
Now get back on the curb, or you'll land on your Keister
those cabbies don't care if you don't make it to Easter" 

 But hey it's all good, we got plenty and freedom
Those sins that you died for? Forget em, don't need em.
The M&M store is three stories tall
and the Kingdom of Disney makes yours look-- well, small.

On the subways the doors can scarcely close shut

riders packed nose to nose, cheek to cheek, butt to butt

In Times Square they're dueling it out on the street

 Cars,Taxis and Buses versus millions of feet

Obama condom vendors and hawkers of Hats

that say Lion King, Phantom, Mama Mia and Cats

On the corners the food trucks line up--take your pick 

Wanna Taco? Falafel?  Grilled pig on a stick?

High above in the towering office you'll see

 some TV land worker bees who look just like me

From above we look down on the circus below

if the windows could open we'd all shout hello

'Cause despite all the excess, the crowds and the noise

there is something about it that reflects back the joys

of the spirit and heart that go hand in glove 

that for most (though not all) is really 'bout love.

HEY SUSAN L.*  THIS IS FOR YOU. 

HOMONYMS  sound alike but have different meanings. 

HOMOPHONES  also soundalike with different meanings, but have different spellings.

HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. 

HETERONYMS are a type of homograph that are also spelled the same and have different meanings, but sound different.

WORDS THAT BOTH SOUND THE SAME AND ARE SPELLED THE SAME are both homonyms (same sound) and homographs (same spelling). Example: lie (untruth) and lie (prone); fair (county fair), fair (reasonable).

SUMMARY CHART

HOMONYM WORDS SOUND	HOMOPHONE WORDS type of homonym
same sound	same sound
same OR different spelling	different spelling
fair (county fair)   fair (reasonable)   pear (fruit)   pair (couple)	pear (fruit)   pair (couple)

HOMOGRAPH WORDS SPELLING	HETERONYM WORDS type of homograph
same OR different sound	different sound
same spelling	same spelling
lie (untruth)   lie (lie down)   tear (in the eye)   tear (rip)	tear (in the eye)   tear (rip)

Source:  http://www.magickeys.com/books/riddles/words.html

* Susan:  Go here for Homographs aplenty:   http://www.opundo.com/homographs.htm