Thief screamed,
“Let me in!
I’m really too cold,
It’s New Year’s Eve day,
For cold I’m too old!”
Thief promised he’d changed,
He’d given up crime,
He worked making pizza,

At least part of the time…
I called him a liar,
‘Cause he lied every day,
He couldn’t come in,
No how, and no way!
48 bangs,
He banged on my door,
And 48 is always,
A 12 x ____