New Year's Eve—2019
there aren't any
New Year's bells now
but I remember
chimes at midnight
heard over the popping
of champagne corks
accidental kisses
beyond an auld lang syne
falling across the garden
the church down the street
took away its bell
and replaced it with a cassette tape
and a loudspeaker
that never worked
New Year's is like a cloud
that goes by
nobody looks up
there's just passing
but something is pulling at me
from the stars
