A Long Night's Celebrating

written in response to this description of New Year's Eve and Morning

You wrote of this august event
With long elaborating,
And I, as one participant
In this night's celebrating
Must add my hearty affirmation
To your grand description;
Such revelling in what God gives
Could lead to an addiction.

And though I did not make the part
Where pancakes were ingested
(For I had laundry to complete,
And food prep ere I rested),
I nonetheless affirm you in
Your chiding strong derision
Of wicked, ancient heresy
We know as gnosticism.

And when, despite, the lack of sleep
We gathered Sunday morning,
And gladly sang our Psalms and hymns
So helpful and heart-warming,
Why scarcely any snoozed despite
The prior ev'ning's lateness
When we received sermonic challenge
From our Elder Davis.