Depends on Cost They Say

 

(New Year's eve)

 

Here in quiet Adelaide

Spent rockets fell to ground

Set alight surrounding grass

Tinder-dry and brown

 

People they are furious

Stupid thing to do

At such a hot dry time of year

What different can we do?

 

Suggestion to the council is

Replace with light display

So people still can ooh and aah
(Depends on cost they say)

 

Community is polarised

No bangs? no pops? ooh aahs?

You want to replace fireworks

With fancy lighted lasers?

 

We don't want fireworks, no, full stop

Or fancy lighted lasers

A waste of money (better spent)

And not on ooh-aah gazers

 

Don Matthews January 2020