LOOKS LIKE A COLD DAMP DAY. By Bryn Fortey

it looks a cold damp day outside

and Newport County have

scraped a 1 – 1 draw

which might be better than losing

but does extend the miserable

winless sequence that currently

has them by the throat

same old problems for a New Year

it looks like a cold damp day

to start off 2020 

but I’m old enough now

to let others do the shopping

while I write poems

and check out Facebook

it might be a cold damp day

but it’s another New Year 

I can tick off

another to add to a long list

that is longer now

than I ever expected 

one of these cold damp days

I will tick off a New Year

that will be my End Of The Line

to quote a Travelling Wilburys title

which will be okay

we all have one New Year 

that will be our last

Bryn Fortey is a veteran writer from Wales in the UK. Widely published

over the years, he has had two collections published by The Alchemy 

Press, both featuring a mix of short stories and poetry. He is grateful that

in old age he is still able to put pen to paper and finger to keyboard