<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=430964" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poem for the New Year</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">So far it's suspiciously similar<br>to the old year: the same wild cold</div><div style="margin:10px 0">wind circling the yard, <br>and that oozy substance</div><div style="margin:10px 0">still clings to the carton of orange juice <br>I lift from a shelf in the fridge.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Also, I notice that my face <br>in the bathroom mirror,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">fresh from the bed's wrappings, <br>looks a bit worn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Last night, in my neighborhood,<br>a few guns went off amid the firecrackers,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">surely a sign that something new <br>was entering the world,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">though the sounds were identical <br>to the small-arms fire</div><div style="margin:10px 0">emitted from the war documentary <br>I was watching on TV.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's possible<br>I missed the transition entirely</div><div style="margin:10px 0">by not attending a drunken party, <br>wearing a pointy hat</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and tongue-kissing a few strangers, <br>and so am still living</div><div style="margin:10px 0">in the previous year,<br>where the windows are rattling</div><div style="margin:10px 0">in the storm<br>and the front door suddenly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">slams open<br>and I just as quickly rush to slam it shut.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Kim+Addonizio">Kim Addonizio</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=430964" data-title="Poem for the New Year de Kim Addonizio" data-description="So far it's suspiciously similar to the old year: the same wild cold wind circling the yard, and that oozy substance still clings to the carton of orange juice I lift from a shelf in the fridge. Also, I notice that my face in the bathroom mi..."></div> </div> </div>

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