Sit perfectly still and be kissed

   By the warmth of on-line screen

     This Good News, the New Year brings.

       Bargains by the dozen,

         A crowd of mad gunmen

           Stormed a prosperous precinct.

             Turning a well-known fast food outlet

               Into a scene from ‘Blood and Ketchup’.

                 A prosperous year then to all fanatics

              And everyone else in any kind of racket.

            Such as our friends in government.

          There are lots of cameras around

        With which to film us.

      It must surely make them smile

    To see all those anxious feet

  Chasing deals down Oxford Street.