Welcome 2023

Ten… nine… eight… seven… six… five… four… three… two… one… Happy New Year’s…

someone somewhere is cheering..,

someone somewhere tipsy…,

someone somewhere is kissing a stranger…,

someone somewhere is sleeping on the street…,

someone praying for a better tomorrow…,

someone hungry,,,.

someone popped a cork…,

someone being born…,

someone passing on…,

some whooping it up…,

some making whoopee…,

somewhere bombs fall…, guns are fired…, envy on display…,

Where were you?

Me you ask.

Home, in bed, CPAP humming, wife nearby sleeping, puppy in her calming shag dog bed, fireworks crackling, dogs howling, TV playing, celebrators celebrating, announcers announcing, welcome 2023.