New Year’s Day by Daphne Harries

And the potholes get filled early 

before the council can get a look in

smashed cans – layers of dried up 

chunder, a new sort of decoration.

A bit of an unconventional greeting,

but appreciated all the same

as the world keeps spinning 

like the tyre over a rogue

Carling which must’ve got away

between the countdown and the fireworks.