January 27, 1980 7:30 a.m. Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri

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Poem for the New Year 1980

onramp to the "freeway to nowhere"
     =finding meaning in the moment=

Unremembered moments
     Under the influence under the gun under the bed
     Understanding later the implications
     of earlier misunderstandings

The door ajar- the music off-
     the money gone

last week I broke my highschool      picture
     on a drunk- but do not remember why
     not even now

I threatened someone with a knife

and this after not drinking for      two weeks

Hello 1980
     Hello significance
     I'll change
     I'm positive this time
     My love is close this time
     I feel it
     (As I have before)
     I really feel it
     (But it wasn't real)
     I really feel it
       

1980

Link to "The Poem for the New Year 1976"
Link to "The Poem for the New Year 1982"

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