A Poem For The New Year

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by Constance

Resolution,

revolution,

round and round we go,

promises made,

guarantee strayed,

centrifugal force, you know.

Jumper, prancer,

trotter, stand,

horse of a different feather—

whirling round

through unseen winds,

by law all bound together.

Leaning starboard,

outflung hand,

to reach the golden ring,

to grasp and grab

would only take

a heartbeat from the King.

Happy

Year

of the

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