You're supposed to kiss someone
on New Year's Eve -
a tradition in which we all believe

Just in case
the mistletoe didn't work,
the countdown leads
to a chance for us jerks
who've endured the last months
unpursued and ungroped

with a glass of champagne
and a heart full of hope
that things
will be different this coming year
if we only begin it lipstick smeared;

Not a one of us wants
to be the drudge
in the corner
unkissed
and unmussed
and unsmudged

so here's to the bottle
and here's to the booze
and to low-cut black dresses
and high-heeled shoes -

May the New Year bring change
and a prayer it won't find
my sad self in a corner
kissin' Auld Lang's behind.

11/20/2005

Posted on 12/05/2007
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