after all
it is just another day
the date changes
as usual
rules remain the same
hope is blasted
into thin air
a battle of fireworks
from coast to coast
why the competition
who cares
for the biggest
brightest
longest
twelve minutes
up in smoke
brings another new year
while new mothers
cloaked in anxiety
pray that the biggest
brightest
longest
does not wake the child
that took an age
to get to sleep