new year

A double yolk! Auspicious signs
begin at breakfast for a year
of heartiness. The sky is clear
enough, the cat slept through the night,

the Hawks have lost their final game —
the universe, in other words,
is not today as we deserve
and will be better once arranged

for peace and not convenience, but
it is familiar. The insane
incessant chattering of lame
excuses falters over what

is possible, the posture of
the new year upright broad and long.
A resolution, then: when wrong
admit it. Never put above

good sport the serious. Display
whenever possible the same
true face to everyone. Repay
with interest the given day.