Our Christmas week adventures through our emotional back pages end with a toast to a new year, a hope that this is the year when things will right themselves, when the compass holds steady as our life's sails go forward into the unknown. You can be on deck sucking in the fresh air or hiding in the cabin - either way, the journey has started. See you somewhere.
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happy new year
the bells are all ringing
happy new year
the backslaps and
handshakes
and all of the cheer
the pop of the bottles
the champagne is here
and backwards all misty eyed
the last year's parade
but forward now march
into nowhere known yet
my flag will be first
let no one forget
ralph alfonso
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DEC 29: cigarettes and ashtrays
cigarettes and ashtrays
scheming through
the haze
of red wine bravado
this is the plan
the world
our oyster
and
cheese
our bullion
crackers the fortress
to climb
and here....
bright green grapes
nectar
careful with the bread
not too thin a slice
not too thick
victory
your name
is Spanish Red
you have conquered all
your peers lie at your feet
empty
now is the hour
of triumph
a twist of the cap
the prize is here
aha...
dig deep the fork
jubilation
ah
yes!
antipasto for all
raise high the crackers
the crunch of victory
sweet
ralph alfonso
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Ohbijou, "New Years"
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