DON'T LOOK BACK

2007
another year expires and is consigned to history
the year that was
and the year that wasn't
destined to be forgotten
much maligned
written off
put down to experience
distorted
celebrated
glorified
archived and microfiched
edited and revised
put to bed and resurrected
referenced and reinvented
cited and indicted
cut up and pasted into a scrapbook
another year of empty promises
disingenuous dissembling
slanderous lies
collective amnesia
dashed hopes
faded dreams
dubious means
violent ends
thuggish intimidation
murderous intent
cold-blooded assassination
innocent pleasures
touching kindnesses
jawdropping beauty
stunning cool
improbable synchronicities
fortunate serendipities
mutating cities
restless flux
breathless change
breathtaking inertia
stagnation and obselesence
empty ritual
full speed ahead
a year all wrapped up in pretty packaging
shrinkwrapped in plastic
placed under spotlights
and sold two for the price of one
a paradoxical year
a year just like any other year
and yet...
unique

see ya all here in 2008!