Apologies to Adelle





















Today
I saw
it's been a calendar year
Since the last time
when I said
while influenced by beer

That this year I would try harder
to keep away from the larder
and be generally
better
to all the ones that I love
To be a setter
of limits
I'll not go above

But

Two thousand and sixteen is here
a better me didn't appear

So I'm sorry for failing
every promise I made
For not achieving my target
or making the grade.

but that busted promise is gone now
time to make another vow

and for this year
I'll make
an easier wish
just to make the
most of
all I find in my dish

Hello,
it's me
It's the first of January in the year twenty sixteen