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The New Year
Contributed by
kaleidoscope_glasses
on
Friday, 21st January 2005 @ 10:34:29 PM in AEST
Topic:
SadPoetry
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Well the new year is here,
or it will be, in roughly 23 hours,
according to the clock in the corner of my lap top.
Which may or may not be correct depending on whether or not you believe clocks should be accurate.
(We like to be a few minutes off in this house.)
(It is our own personal expression of the fact that we have never been on time.)
And it occurs to me
this will be the last late night
(or early morning to be correct)
I will spend at this computer typing
this year.
And it occurs to me that it
doesnt even matter,
not a bit.
Because what is the point really,
in celebrating a year
of nothing
and everything?
Especially when the everything
did not involve you.
Why do we
all make our resolutions
for all the things we wont be doing next year,
all the things we know we wont be doing?
Is that why we make resolutions?
To excuse us from our responsibilities in life?
Because goodness knows, no one ever actually succeeds
with their new years resolutions.
What is the point anyway,
When all the years start flowing into each other
like a river of life.
Pointing out every January 1rst 12:00 am,
is like pointing out that especially shiny pebble
in the bottom of the river,
I mean its nice and all
but take me to the waterfall please.
Take me to the place where it flows into the ocean.
For goodness sakes, at least show me the guide book
so I can find the place where the river will distinguish itself
in a beautiful way
from all the other rivers flowing in this direction.
Because right now
Im sick of shiny pebbles.
I am about ready to throw a stick of dynamite
at all those shiny pebbles.
When you see gold
let me know.
But until then
don't remind me that we have been travelling
mile after mile after mile
on this river
and I still havent found what I was looking for.
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2005-01-21 22:34:29]
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Re: The New Year
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by erniej on
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