new year’s eve
wood burning stove
boastful & bright
a child & her bear toasty warm
asleep in the nursery
newly minted wishes
playing out in dreamland
the clock in hallway
completing the countdown
chiming twelve times
december two thousand twenty-four
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Happy & Healthy New Year!
Thank you and likewise, Cindy!