How long is January, you ask
Because it seems an endless wait till Spring
And the days when every little thing
Seems so much better;
How long can a month run on tired legs?
Some say thirty one days, no more
Eleven days and a score
Expressed another way;
Too long to the next pay day
When Christams has extracted its ravages
And like savages
We roamed around the shops
Blindly spending money we hadn't got;
But what the hell
Although our finances are on the skids
Christmas is all about the kids
And their turn will come
When they have to pay
For their kids and then find
Themsleves singing this song
January is much too long

Paul Gerard Reed

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-long-is-a-january/