Poem : Why Do You Have To Set Them Off At Such A Stupid Time?

You try to sleep right through the night
But something wakes you with a fright
The sound of thunder overhead
Convinces you to stay in bed
Explosions booming through the air
From folk who simply do not care
They set off rockets for a lark
Despite it being far from dark
It’s summer time for goodness sake
There must be some sort of mistake
I don’t live in the U.S.A
Or further East in old Bombay
So fireworks are for New Year
Or Guy Fawkes Night; they’re nowhere near
Yet detonations persevere
At any time of any year
There’s meant to be a strict control
On selling sparklers on the whole
With caps on what time of the year
They can be bought or swapped for beer
But now it seems this limitation’s
Suffering from fluctuations
And no matter what the date
Those fireworks make me irate!

Originally Posted 30/11/2015

Result - Joint 2nd Place