As the old year slips

away, what have you learned that’s

worth taking into the new?

~

Years; they come and go

as, in my experience,

do all things, both fair and foul.

NOTHING stays the same

in our stunning Universe.

Bad news for Conservatives.

~

Still, some things are worth

conserving: integrity

 and the earth to name a few. 

With the clock ticking,

our anxiety grows great.

Will we act in time?

~

There is always hope.

That other clock’s been ticking

seventy-five years so far.

What’s this nausea?

Is it a stomach virus,

or is it just politics?

~

It’s a systemic

virus. That we know for sure.

Let’s take the steps for a cure.

The impossible

takes a little longer, but

some of us want it right now.

~

Is it possible,

as we await perfection,

that our wants might change?

Conspicuously

absent in our government;

from whence will three wise men come?

~

This time around we

 should be looking for three wise

women and the gifts they bring.

On this day of His

holy birth, may compassion

at last take root on this earth.

~

Render unto man

all the manly attributes

espoused by the NRA.

Negativity

very rarely yields results

of a positive nature.

~

But what if what you’re

seeking is not addition

but just subtraction?

Could it be that these 

two, Franklin and Lindsey Graham,

are, as the Brits say, crackers?

~

Fissures dating back

to earliest childhood

yield fragmented brittle men.

Sometimes poets just

need to sit and drink a beer

and leave the cap on the pen.

~

While staring at the

froth and foam of existence

inspiration might appear.