It usually has twelve months but sometimes thirteen or more. They used to be paper but now electronic is used for this chore. Find an old one to see what someone was doing in days of yore. Some people X off a box each day to count more.

First is passed from a good meal, or bad, but hopefully it passes in peace, without a smell. Second is a place for turning, sometimes for grinding, often for more. Put together, I am a foe to an imaginative knight, whose dreams led to battles falsely fought.

I am Feared I am respected I am both anticipated And unexpected Often silent Often stealthy Touching the poor Touching the wealthy You cannot hide You cannot run Been on my way Since you begun

Built with rivets and bravado bright, Chrome-kissed dreams of the Atomic Age night. Gauges wink green, red buttons gleam, Tomorrow imagined in yesterday’s scheme. A countdown echoes from mission control, Tin hero aimed for the great unknown. With fire for feet, I leap from the pad, A future promised in magazines ads.

I can be cast but I am not plaster. Compared to my cousin, I melt faster. I'm my mother and father forged into one. I heralded an age, but by my cousin undone.