The sky is black, the stars white,

And like any other night,

The yellow cheese shines bright above.

It’s peaceful up there, and quite so here on earth.

But peace won’t reign for long because the

Slow but steady second hand

Is moving, and it takes another

Step

And

BANG! WHOOSH! WHEE! BLAM! BLAP!

Glorious fire fills the air.

As people their joys share

Amidst fireworks’ screams and wails

Here a bit and there a byte

Of MSNs and SMSes and emails

Rush along out of sight

Telling people “The old year

Is gone, the new is here!

Forget your mistakes and

Go, go at it again!”