Late Christmas Shopping

I will be okay, I’ve got plenty of time, It’s only the 10th so I’ll be fine! I check my diary, I should make a move It’s now the 15th, should be in the grove! It’s the 17th, just a week to go, And to date? Simply nothing to show! It’s the 19th but I don’t have the time To plan ahead, this shopping of mine. It’s the 21st, but it’s still not too late, I’ve only the wife to facilitate. It’s the 23rd, I cannot believe, If I don’t act soon she will be aggrieved. It’s the 24th and the high street is packed, At 6 o’clock just a few shops left stacked. I haven’t a clue what present to buy, I cannot believe how the time’s gone by. I call in the pub, for I need inspiration But it’s really an act of pure desperation. It’s the 25th, it is now Christmas morn, And I’m certainly looking, very forlorn, For a packet of nuts does not represent The kind of gift I’d like to present.