1 january

sometimes it's good to show off

         Here's What I've Got --

                 not even '--And How About You?'


just 'So There's That'

          them apples

          pixie stix and a bag o' tricks
                   I learned all by my lonesome

not so lonesome anymore, though
not with that whole bag to see me through
to be admired and adored --

-- and it's just fine if you're not floored

this elevator goes the whole way up and down

and there's plenty of town out there
on the other end of the sidewalk --
no talk necessary
no answer at all
just thought I'd call and say   Hey

Hope you're Swell and bell-ringin

'cause I'm bringin somethin new to show and tell today


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beginning again: so many thoughts to think with, glasses to clink with - to see through, over to the other side and beyond : the gravity of the situation - rounding up from nine point eight meters per second squared when compared to falling (calling all factual attackers of data) we made ya look! book it to the pizza and the pie while we dye our hair other rainbows and manufacture playdohs of infinite varieties - forgive our humble pieties while we imagine cakes and freight train robberies derailed by imperiled damsels who accidentally appeared in the knickknack of time - dimestore dozens and alabaster cousins too perfect for purchase - but who knew where to look? there's the cook and here's the pantry: when will i know where to land? we unpacked windows and turned the curtains but even from here i still can't see - there's a mission to mars but the bars are too open for the stools to pigeon-hole the desks we'll need - frost the cake and open shops while we still have money -- lock the doors and turn the keys while bakers still dream sweet