Why (31 December 2002)

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[.cnI redruM]

At about 10 Minutes to Midnight

I had a jolt of revelation

That answered life's hardest question

At least for the year gone by.

I was partying with a friend

Who had a bunch of us over

To celebrate a new year

And all the great things about the past one.

I brought my friend a gift

That I knew he would appreciate

I dropped a C-Note on the liquor store

And brought him over the good stuff.

A solid, worthy Cognac

Graced my elegant glass

And shone like a precious garnet

In the light and glow of celebration.

I studied that glass of cognac

That nectar of civilized life

That captured light like a prism

As I admired its stout Belgian Legs.

Drinking it brought warmth and cheer

A sense of wisdom and insight

For me it tasted like success

And pacified a question that burned me.

Why.

[.cnI redruM]

Hopefully, the formatting won't stink up the room as badly as the poetry will.

[KangarooJacqui]

You ever heard of Amy's Place? It's a recurrent thread where I think this, and another other original poetry you'd like to share, would go down rather well.

Here's a link to the latest "Amy's" thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1084999/posts