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NO AULD LANG SYNE
Never mind Akhmatova...We've heard
her boots with bells reverberate
despite the footprints in the snow.
Don't raise a cup to Einstein either -
Who could forget that bushy hair
wired for the 5th dimension?
And Madame Curie - all the toasts
already made assure her place in radiant
history.
No...no...let's drink to the man
who waters the lettuce...
to the old woman still hoping
for something she can remember...
even to the baby pushing her way this moment,
this now, through the terrible tunnel
toward the light she's been dreaming of.
And if there is champagne enough
let's give another hoist to the boy
who laughs at the tired shadows
on the wall & paints his reckless masterpiece
with no further expectations.
Peggy Aylsworth
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