New Year's Eve

new year's eve
fine dark suits
paper hats
les grands salutesyour tear stained speech
and your wounded eyes
your frail attempts
to be remembered -takes me down
dries me out
it shoves me around
blows my flame outthe moon is on
and the morning lurks
but the mood is gone
with the fireworks
I lost my faith
in new year's eveserpentines
cheap cigars
sparkling wine
fallen starstakes me down...it's time to quit
and start again
only god knows
what we're celebrating