We dance.
       We sing.
          We laugh.
             We play.

Eating goodies:

       potato chips and
          punch.
Balloons of all colors hang on the walls.
Streamers dangle from the ceiling. The masses gather in times square.
We watch the crowds,
    uncrowded in our house,
       and count down

TEN

    NINE

       EIGHT

          SEVEN

             SIX

                FIVE

                   FOUR

                      THREE

                         TWO

                            ONE

An explosion of noise

HORNS . . . FIRECRACKERS . . . SCREAMS