Anticipations of a typical Janu(gh!)ary
There is almost everything ( to me that is )
atmospherically anticlimactic
mind boringly and wishfully good riddanced about January
especially all of the choral exhortations
of praising the yearly repetitive enigmatic
stabled conception of Marys boy child Jesus Christ
which later on becomes hushed
for another eleven months or so
while we gnaw on resolutions and surplus goodies
and grumble about the unuseable abundancies
of socks ties fake perfumes etc etc
or a so called good read tasteless novel
that inevitably ends up remaining
indefinitely designated to a high out of sight
ledged location or as a money saving re-wrap
for forthcoming birthdays and the like
When glare-white mornings and misted yawnings
succumb to whatever brassiness that the sun has to offer
then and thankfully so
does Spring become my minds conjured up
inspirational furnishing thoughts
of smile inducing days to be
gone will be warned against
dangerous icy driving conditions ( while white is boss )
hence the shopping trudges-cum-useful means
of escaping from couched potato
TV viewing and/or PC games playing
despite the brief encounters with
suck-you-down mounds of feet soaking marzipanesque
snowy leftovers
and how red will my hands be deservedly clapped
for the hopeful goldeness of Summers
everso much welcomed appearance!
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh
Sun 17th Nov 2024 08:08
Nice one Tom, an apt description of one of my pet seasonal hates: "suck-you-down mounds of feet soaking marzipanesque
snowy leftovers"
As for “a so called good read tasteless novel”, one need look no further than mainstream so-called “News” channels.