The new year was coming,
Five minutes away,
The old year was leaving,
We’d all scream, hooray!
Fireworks ready,

To boom in my ear,
Five minutes to midnight,
To the awesome New Year!
But before the year changed,
Before the count down,
I heard the most terrible, horrible sound…
A knock on my door,
And then some loud kicks,
A robber was out there,
Number thief and his tricks!
The worst sound I’d heard,
Since I’d been alive,
Just like a 60,
Is 12 x ____