Old Year Out, New Year In - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

Bidding farewell to '21
And welcoming in '22,
Gaboon viper is not outdone
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
Her long tongue does dart in and out
As she senses the excitement
Of the calendar change no doubt,
Past to future in the present.
On her own scale of one to ten
She does the countdown on the clock.
The old year now just a has been,
And the new year coming to knock.

Goodbye and hello said so fine,
The viper hissing auld lang sssyne.