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Guy Fawkes in Aotearoa

You can only light fireworks
on your own property

and please exercise caution
if it’s windy

all it takes is one ember
to spark up dry bush

one bushfire has been burning
since last year

and dogs and cats
will go flat under beds

and poor startled horses may charge
through wire and fencing

into the starbursting night
and onto roads

so all in all
use your judgement

and consider setting your fireworks off
inside

in one of your big, un-thought-in rooms
with off-white walls

not even an interesting off-white
but an off-white called

something like Biscotti Dream
or Colonial Mist

I mean, the flashes and concussive din
would be spectacular in there
but do check your local guidelines
to see if an even funnier method

is suggested