A new year

is not a clean slate

the past comes with it

like kids in a second marriage

ugly spoilt kids

that you can't just toss in an orphanage

little horrors

so instead what can you do?

you embrace them lightly

gosh they're sticky

and should they smell like that?

and hope that

as the year goes

they grow

and become

better

warmer

easier to deal with

or they just die from some sort of random pox they pick up in afterschool and then there you go free!

either/or...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!