The Speeding Year

 

Can February March?

No April May,

And concerning June or July

What can anyone say?

We know February March

And April May,

June, July and August

The rest quickly speeds away.

January’s the beginning

February’s the month of love,

March is militant

And April showers from above.

June is too soon

But in no time comes July,

August rushes past

Just before September flies by.

October, it’s all over

No, not quite so fast,

Next speeds by November

And December comes in last.

Twelve months disappear

Just like that

And before you know it

January is back.

It is like this year

That only just began

And it’s galloping away

Like the speed of a fan.

A year seems shorter

Than when I was young,

Sometimes I wonder

If it’s twelve months long.

February I can understand

That’s only twenty-eight days

But the other eleven months

Used to have delays.

Four delayed two days

And seven delayed by three

Now they all pass as quickly,

That’s how it seems to me.

It’s the speeding year

As if no police are around,

It should really get reported

But no police can be found.

Plan what you have to do

Allow for some extra time,

For if you are caught speeding

You will have to pay the fine.

Don’t blame it on the year

That flits so quickly by

Or you may spend a long year

In the cell you occupy.

For if you cannot pay the fine

You may have to be confined

And while now a year seems short

Then it will be more time.

Don’t be like the speeding year

The police will never clock,

Keep within the speed limit

So your salary won’t be docked.

Stewart Russell © March 2018