NewYearsDay

New Year's Day

Last night I caught it with my tongue,

The

Just before midnight struck,

Last

As absolute zero barreled down,

Drop

And the old year, lachrymose to the last,

Tasted

Coagulated into solid ice;

Bittersweet

Today the morning thaw unleashed a torrent

Farewell

So fresh, so clear, so limitless, so new

& Greeting

It's easy to forget what was before, and yet

In one

No past is fossilized forever;

It flakes, melts, bleeds, capillary stains leak into the margins of the New

Year.