Bonfire Night

Nick can't wait until the family get here

And let's off rockets, casually, by twos.

The children cheer at every new-lit fuse

While adults toy with wine, canapes and beer,

Just-cooked chicken legs, sausage rolls,

Potatow wedges, crisps and vegan dips

Which Emily stock-piled through endless trips

To Sainsbury's and the Co-op in the hols.

An hour of bangs and whizzes, oohs and aahs,

'til excited children, sparklers clutched in hand,

Await the final rocket of the day

And then a plate of hot-dogs leads the way

Back inside, for bedtime stories, and

A dying bonfire 'neath the silent stars.

Brian Hick 11.11.09

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