They say “Happy New Year!”
but what does that mean?
It’s just another day;
the same old scene.
There is no ship
coming on the next wave.
There is no hope
to improve or save.
Why call it happy?
It is just another day.
Why celebrate
this routinely old way?
A new year?
Big deal.
A new start?
Not real.
“Happy New Year,”
I say to you
only because it
is polite to do.
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