December 1st

 

December is here again

How fast time has flown!

It’s count-down to Christmas day

And my mind is blown.

 

Blown at the speed of time

Yes, how fast it’s rolling by

And of course, I’m getting older

And nearer my time to die.

 

You may say I am morbid

And I guess you would be correct

But that this pertains to everyone

One cannot realistically reject.

 

 

Every day brings us nearer

To our time of departure

And this should be borne in mind

As an appointment in the future.

 

Hopefully, and thus I pray

We will see another Christmas

And hopefully, if it be God’s will,

It would not be our last.

 

I need to give a caution

Regarding this Christmas time,

Remember it is the silly season

So keep this in your mind.

 

 

Keep your wits about you

Especially when in Bridgetown,

Try to be prudent in your spending-

Prices are not coming down.

 

Rather, they’re getting higher

And we’re paying more for less

And the quality is not like before-

It surely is not the best.

 

Be on your P's and Q's

Maintain your personal space,

Do what you must do discreetly

And avoid the rush and haste.

 

 

Look out for the con men,

They are smarter and bolder

And don’t be afraid, I caution you,

To glance over your shoulder.

 

Carefully guard the dollars

January payday will drag,

Don’t buy the most expensive things

Just to have the right to brag.

 

Life happens after Christmas

So, do not be carried away

As though it is your very last fling

On your final day.

 

 

Be safe this Christmas season

Be wise and use commonsense,

And try as much as is possible

Not to take offense.

 

All kinds of accidents occur

During the Christmas season

And it is a known and proven fact

That silliness is the reason.

 

Stewart Russell © December 1, 2023

 

Silly Season

 

 

 

Silly season was the season

Usually at Christmas time

But with the advent of COVID

It’s always on one’s mind.

 

The PM referred to it

In these most recent times

And with an election in the air

It’s not easy to confine.

 

I consider her quite shrewd

Yet I was baffled by her call,

It’s like let’s go back to the polls

And see where the chips fall.

 

A calculated gamble, I guess,

But maybe not so,

She must be knowing something

That you and I don’t know.

 

Divisiveness and silliness

Appeared to be hand in hand

And it is the PM’s endeavour

To block any opposing plan.

 

I really don’t have a problem

With so-called strategic thinking

But an election in silly season

Gives me a weird feeling.

 

 

Exercising one’s voting right

Speaks to a responsibility

But in this silly season it follows

It’s the voters that are silly.

 

How responsible is the PM

To call an election now?

If she could convince me otherwise

To her wishes I would bow.

 

What does she expect

Particularly in this silly season?

Silliness from silly people no doubt

That are void of reason.

 

Was she therefore silly?

Her ringing of the election bell?

Regardless of the outcome

Who’d be able to tell?

 

Can a silly person judge another?

Or cast a responsible vote?

I dare say not if he is silly,

This would be good to note.

 

 

Silly people are impulsive

And hence impulsively they act,

If there was a divide before

A greater is coming back.

 

Was the PM impulsive?

Was hers an impulsive act?

No doubt we’ll know on the 19^th

But then we can’t go back.

 

All this might sound silly

After all, it’s silly season,

Judge this poem in whatever way...

It may be void of reason.

 

Silly season is every day

By some body or some group,

So, whether ‘B’ or ‘D’ or ‘APP’,

Soon we’ll know the truth.

 

 

I believe going forward

We’ll see how silly we have been,

The present is ours to decipher;

The future is never seen.

 

Whether the PM is silly

Or those she is targeting,

I am in no position to judge

Not from where I’m sitting.

 

But we’re in the silly season

The PM would have to know,

It’s her season, it’s her call,

It is her show!

  

When silly wears off

Sound reasoning begins,

Let’s pray and hope we are better

After the results are in.

 

Stewart Russell © January 9, 2022