Sundowner – One Hundred Resolutions 0

Where have I been all your life?
Sitting on fences.
A novocaine for all the senses.
Another year will pass us by.
Making sense of nothing
in defense of something.
I laughed too late
and dug myself into a grave.

This year Ill try not to think too much.
This year Ill try to stand up for myself.
This year Ill live like Ive never lived before.
This is my year for sure.

Another stupid clumsy story.
More accidental aspirations.
Another explosion of silence.
I think Im going deaf.
Or maybe Im just hearing less.
This year Ill try to only listen to myself.

I wonder where
youll be bringing in the new year.
As midnight clocks are singing
good chance Ill be slobbering somewhere.
Probably pass out
wasted and sleep until the smoke clears.
Vague memories of midnight
flash in time to morning sunlight.
Wake up knowing youll never be there.

Ive got 100 resolutions.
But Ive got no solutions.
Ive got one song I write 100 ties.
And only a dozen or so rhymes.

This year Ill try not to drink so much.
This year Ill try to stand up straight.
This year lets live like weve never lived before.
This is our year for sure.