New Year's Day in the Imaginary Garden

At the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Kerry asked us to write a poem entirely open to personal interpretation on the theme “Resolutions” and the poem may be reflective, narrative, analytical, or abstract. Oh, I like that. I’ll try to be analytically abstract.

resolutions

like revolutions

often go 'round and 'round

and the wheel

goes spinning 'round, 'round, 'round

something, something, two hearts are bound...tra la

I resolve to lose weight

on some later date

I resolve to give up

the caffeine in my cup

and the sugar (if real)

on my breakfast oatmeal

and replace them with

unpronounceable chemicals

I resolve to be gracious to all

who might, or who might not, me call

(even my sister, who always starts all

conversations to sound like hog calls)

by Kay Davies, January 1, 2014

"Ain't she sweet?" said the spider to the fly.