Diem Interregnum

It was dress down day in Heaven All approved by The Good Lord For even Angels in Heaven Can get a just little bored Think of all those chosen To balance on a pin’s head Think of their relief at doing Some other thing instead A sort of Heavenly Leap Day Though not letting up on sin Some folk got an extra day As they were not letting in St Peter was so pleased After many millenniums of wait They were finally getting round To oiling his beloved Pearly Gates Century after year after month After endless endless weeks He’d had to sit there and listen ‘ To their annoying squeaks Wings were re-feathered Robes washed and spring cleaned The smartest bunch of Angels The Good Lord had ever seen And as the day ended And they climbed back on their pins There was such an air of contentment As they readied to let the waiting lot in And the Good Lord said to Peter It doesn’t do any harm to show I am God of understanding and compassion Not just that God of Wrath and Woe