Sobriety Be Damned

 "September", "November" and "December" all rhyme with "remember." It's a happy accident that poets have thanked heaven for and sometimes abused. Cue many poems of sad reminiscence, generally featuring falling leaves and naked boughs.....

But what does "October" rhyme with? 

"Take thought and be sober
"Tis nearly October...."

But lets not be sober. Lets crank up the cheerfulness to counter the gathering chill and the lengthening nights.....

I enjoyed my solstice. I wore one of my brightly coloured smoking caps in celebration. I'd been feeling my age, but yesterday I was feeling someone else's....