Another Christmas Poem
Dear Distant Friends: Surprisingly we've still got your addresses,
So here's a list of all our latest triumphs and successes.
This year we've been as busy as a family of beavers
(Though they're just furry animals and we're all high achievers.)
We've bought a big new house (my wife corrects me - it's a mansion),
Emily's verses won a prize for prosody and scansion.
Timothy got his partnership and Claire her PhD,
Which all reflects extremely well on Dorothy and me.
Our trips abroad, for which we didn't even have to save,
prove we're cosmopolitan, cultured, fit and brave.
Kilimanjaro, Venice, San Francisco and Belize;
sorry if you can only dream of holidays like these!
We're thinking of you, humble friends, in terrace, flat or hovel.
We'll be in touch this time next year (but only if you grovel),
And say that you wish you're us so much, it makes you sick.
Happy New Year to all of you! Love, Dorothy and Mick.
