on the beach
sometimes it caresses it
gently like a lover
but not tonight
It’s not a night
where I’d want
to be at sea
wind whipped waves
crashing
ship groaning
up and down
across the sea
a crazed rollercoaster
meanwhile…
back on shore
beach umbrellas
carelessly left up
take off
into the darkness
of the sky
like on 24 Left
at LAX
powered by jet winds
at night, same moon
january snow
just shoveled- resting
look outside- snowing again
snow crunching
underfoot, under tires
birds looking for food
Resolutions. They go down good with that vodka but they turn out like that pick-up from last night. They go from a foggy alcohol induced 9 around 2 a.m. to a 4 or 5 on a good day in the harsh morning light. You probably do too. Diet? Lose that twenty pounds you’ve been meaning to? Stop smoking? Sure, no problem. Look, nothing is going to change overnight so don't put that unnecessary pressure on yourself. You don't want to start the new year feeling like a loser. That’ll make you eat and smoke more right? New Year’s resolutions made with an alcohol soaked brain or otherwise are a complete waste of time, so you might want to hold off on buying that gym membership you won’t use.
New Year’s Eve; amateur night when some people who normally don’t drink much, decide to push all their chips into the middle of the table and go all in. All the way baby! Go big or go home! Some get away with it with only the price of a rough day ahead. Some pay a far steeper price. Be thrifty. Don’t pay too much. It’s not worth it. Strange things happen. I have a friend who swears a telephone pole ran right in front of his car one New Year’s Eve. That left a mark. If you wanna get wrecked, stay home. If you wanna get totaled, stay home. Think before you drink Captain. Don't let a night on the town become a life on the rocks because you hit them. It’s cold and lonely on those rocks and you could wind up being marooned on them for a long long time.
When it’s Christmas Eve, and after hearing the same old Christmas songs again and again and the unbearable new ones for a month, I am ready for it to be over. ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ and ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ are fine a couple of times but then Enough! You got me this this and this? I got you that. Maxing out the old credit cards isn’t what Christmas is all about, at least I don't think so. Happy Debtmas! You’ll be paying for that for a while. And that stuff about goodwill towards men? Like our old friend Mr. Scrooge said, “Bah Humbug!” It’s not gonna happen. Ever! People aren’t made that way. We buy the dog a present today and then tomorrow, it’s dog eat dog again. Nothing personal. No hard feelings. That’s just the way it is Tiny Tim.