Fishes skydive to confetti 2021’s
conclusion in eclectic style
’22 began with a boom already
available as a year-end ornament
A knee-jerk readiness to regift
a fresh annum (a force of habit
trained by ante-raising since ’16?)
as it hints at stink of persistent
negligence Rotting pavement ichthys
too ripe with religious iconography
to ignore for a populace accustomed
to an apocalypse-bingeing diet
An insistence of good cheer blinders
my focus on all the newborns
(including Janus twins) instead of
the news-enhanced mass exodus
bridging a calendar-tossing weekend
’cause coping requires muscle memory
as I feel mine strain under bombardment
take quick turn toward laugh therapy I
promise it works as well as 20-dollar-
rolled snorts (though not as movie baller
Yet may proof sturdy against inflation)
As scenic surroundings cannot dispel
this sense of dread my sleep-deprived
mind wails for dopamine boosts
I obligingly spoon-feed to stuff its
menacing gaping yap
(3) https://people.com/parents/twins-born-in-different-years-15-minutes-apart-2021-2022/
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