Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Old Year Out, New Year In - LP Zoo

Bidding farewell to '21,

And welcoming in '22,

Gaboon viper is not outdone

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

Her long tongue does dart in and out,

As she senses the excitement

Of the calendar change no doubt,

Past to future in the present.

On her own scale of one to ten

She does the countdown on the clock.

The old year now just a has been,

And the new year coming to knock.

Goodbye and hello said so fine,

The viper hissing auld lang sssyne.