I have never really liked New Year
Waiting for the bells to chime
Never liked Midnight Mass
Way past my bed time
Midnight hour finds me asleep
Cosy warm in bed
Getting my eight hours in
Night prayers duly said
Enjoyed a party in my youth
Enjoyed a pint of beer
A nip of whisky now and then
Keep a wee dram near
But getting stoshered blutered
Not my aim in life
Though many hit the bottle
When everything is strife
And come the dear Queen’s jubilee
What now is the game?
Opening pubs for longer
Have we got no shame!
Weekend Britain is alcohol
Policing not much fun
Thank God it’s not America
No playing with the gun
Our children need a kinder world
One that’s ours to give
So give them good example
Teach them how to live
Brian Fahy
28 December 2021
Erris Poetry 