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Saturday, January 01, 2011

Salutatory

Come in, Latest Year; come ahead.
We acknowledge with loathing and dread
That we must see you through -
With this comfort, it's true:
In a twelvemonth, no more, you'll be dead.

4 comments:

  1. Remind you to never invite you to any parties... like I had any!

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  2. p.s. 'Happy' New Year

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  3. The New Year and its associated Saturnalia do not constitute an excuse for splitting infinitives and conflating the grammatical second person with the first. Madam, I believe you are drunk.

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  4. ...and you, sir, are curmudgeonly. But in the morning I will sober... at least until lunchtime

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