On The Cusp

Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried. - Thoreau

on the cusp of a new year

oblivious to fear

one step forward and two to the rear

i show you my heart but shut my ear

i step out onto the sidewalk of my life's continuing saga

dancing to the crooning of lady gaga

a dreary, drizzly, grey day

what should i think, what should i say

what can i mold from this amorphous clay

everything within reach but so far away

no champagne to uncork

no spam to eat with this tarnished fork

the prayer is on my chapped lips

my calloused hands resting defiantly on my well choreographed hips

the ball is about to drop

as the alka seltzer fizzes following a steep, covid drop

another day

another year

not there but here

the weather not always sunny and clear

welcome to a new annum my dear

Author's Note

"In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line." - Thoreau