Monday, December 31, 2007

Im drunk

I am too sad, too disappointed, do miserable to write. So rather than complain, considering this is a time for rebirth and a time to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new.. I will get drunk


Get Drunk

Always be drunk.
That's it!
The great imperative!
In order not to feel
Time's horrid fardel
bruise your shoulders,
grinding you into the earth,
Get drunk and stay that way.
On what?
On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever.
But get drunk.
And if you sometimes happen to wake up
on the porches of a palace,
in the green grass of a ditch,
in the dismal loneliness of your own room,
your drunkenness gone or disappearing,
ask the wind,
the wave,
the star,
the bird,
the clock,
ask everything that flees,
everything that groans
or rolls
or sings,
everything that speaks,
ask what time it is;
and the wind,
the wave,
the star,
the bird,
the clock
will answer you:
"Time to get drunk!
Don't be martyred slaves of Time,
Get drunk!
Stay drunk!
On wine, virtue, poetry, whatever!"

Charles Baudelaire

maybe this year will be better than the last...
happy happy every one!

10 comments:

DirkStar said...

Ok...

Happy New Year!

Middle Child said...

I love this poem...sent it to Sling back a while... its a bit different but its great....

Anonymous said...

lol, this image of cutey pants little elf girl being shnockered on New Years is deelightful! Thanks for that (:
2008 will be wonderful! You'll see.

Sling said...

Sounds like a do-able resolution to me.
Happy New Year Kid!

TK Kerouac said...

love it!
are you still drunk?
Happy New year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuff said...

I hope your New Year is better than all the others. Chin up CM :)

Traveling Matt said...

cheers, kid! this is gonna be a good one... i know for a fact.

DirkStar said...

C'mon, surely you are sobered up by now...

Anonymous said...

ok,so the one year wasn't the best. Hopefully this year is.
MOM

robkroese said...

Happy New Year, Citymouse. I hope this one's better for you.