SOME THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Oh, my dear

I fear

The new year

Is no longer near

It’s here

For all of us, whether we’re 

A gondolier

An emir

An auctioneer

A black marketeer

Or even an aerospace engineer
It may sound queer
But it's a new frontier

People from Rio to Zaire

Are celebrating far and near

This new calendar year

By putting their car in gear

And going out to have a beer

With a peer
And maybe have some olives on a toothpick spear

There’s no need to shed a tear

Or sneer

Or give a Bronx cheer

Or in any way to jeer

You may act cavalier

And I don’t mean to interfere

But don’t forget to schedule your pap smear

Lest your health become unclear

(Your health concerns should be premier)

This next point I’d like to make very clear

Don’t make your resolutions so severe

Like so many on our celestial sphere

That in a week they’ll disappear

If you’re feeling your age these words of consolation I’d like to volunteer

And believe me I am quite sincere

As I whisper in your ear

For you alone to hear

Please allow me to be bolder

And say that if you were a racehorse today you’d automatically be another year older!!

This one is last year's, but it's still appropriate:

I think change is good as long as I don't have to do anything differently----fishducky