No One Gives a Shit About Boxing Day

Posted this in a thinking thread and thought I may as well put it under poetry for comments, criticism and general randomness. This one's a tongue in cheek look at the needless hype built up over holidays.

No One Gives a Shit About Boxing Day

No one gives a shit about Boxing Day
Its a stupid time of year anyway
The day after Christmas; six days til New Year
Nursing a hangover from all of the beer
And your stomach's expanded from christmas pud
The turkey and stuffing and all of the food
That you'd never normally eat
You think it's a treat
Well let me tell you what
You're looking too hot
'Cause the heating's been turned up full
Under the mistletoe you think that you've pulled
But it's just your nan 'cause you've been at the sherry
I thought this time of year was supposed to be merry
You're trapped in the snow and now Santa is dead
Fuck all your holidays... I'll enjoy Summer instead

And you can keep your Hallowe'en
You can stuff your thanksgiving
Easter don't impress me
I've gotta earn a living
Spending my cash on unopened presents
From chocolate mountains to cuddly elephants
The tree's started to rot
And the cold turkey's gone hot
I'll blame Boxing Day
All the way....

hahah that's cool it made me laugh

I don't like it..

Its just..I don't know.

It seems like you're shitting on holidays, even if it was only a poem.

MrzDuggi.:

I don't like it..

Its just..I don't know.

It seems like you're shitting on holidays, even if it was only a poem.

409 Coffeemaker:

This one's a tongue in cheek look at the needless hype built up over holidays.

It's just a bit of a joke more than anying - I enjoy Christmas, and I enjoy Boxing Day even more ('cause of the footie) It's just... xmas gets so fucking over-rated and over-hyped that I felt I'd show it's not all that great. Plus some of the lines are true for a lot of people ie. the hangover, the over-eating, buying presents no one appreciates etc.

Thanks for commenting anyway

K, sorry I misunderstood.

STFU I'M YOUNG.

very true

I liked it!

Nice one. A bit angry but...good work.

coolio.

Sort of pathetic but that was what you were going for in a way (“xmas gets so fucking over-rated and over-hyped that I felt I'd show it's not all that great.”) I’m not insulting you, the poem works

I don’t like it though. The rhyming is sort of blunt the scheme a bit wired. The flow is off and I don’t find the structure that good. And I must say that I really don’t like your chosen register for a poem. You got the message through real good though, really emphasizing it in a lazily sort of way (if you know what I mean). So overall it’s an ok poem.

I don't like the flow or the structure particularly, but I love the whole idea of the poem. It's a great satirical piece, but still needs work.

It reminds me of a piece that you'd study in English class for its individuality and satrical quality. Something which you'd always remember. And I agree with What's in a name? about the lazy tone - I really like that.

If you changed the rhyme scheme, maybe ABCB then it'd give you more room to get your message across without being constricted.

I really love the whole concept though...

XD cheers for your comments, I'll have a go at editing it and come back soon with a finished piece. I admit the structure's very off and I was struggling for a rhyme every now and again but it's not bad for 20 minutes rough work imo ^_^

See you soon, then, I guess...