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January's Bluff

by Jeff Mellin

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Twenty four stories above beyond you genuflect with your blonde magic wand Your lemon tiara drops into the pond without a ripple or a wave For a second untethered from doubt and pain your collect collar rings ‘round a weathervane Your trajectory arcs with a rainbow glow through the snow falling dark on the park Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing Flurries, squalls and ball lightning New Year’s here New Year’s here Raise a glass Disappear Hustling tipsy you slip in your hourglass where whiskey sour cash rustles in the brazier snipping snail shell sloe gin tail spin sips like a phonographic pin-up note Blush of bridal sweet as honey combs your tidal hair falls like a metronome floating tones on unloosed Sousaphones with bells shining brassy white Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing Red tide blooms and jelly stings New Year’s here New Year’s here Hold your head up Hide your fear Laughter showers afterhours Hors d'oeuvres served on English muffins glazed in hollandaise and faint praise bury January’s bluff “Yknow we’re nothing more than sweat and flour,” you say, pouring coffee, “...counting minutes... Mounted lions and gazelles faced well intentioned from a wall.” “Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing!” shouts the season’s reasoning “New Year’s here! New Year’s here! Start from scratch the slate is clear!” New Year’s here New Year’s here Cry your eyes out dry your tears Cry your eyes out dry your tears Cry your eyes out dry your tears
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Twenty four stories above beyond you genuflect with your blonde magic wand Your lemon tiara drops into the pond without a ripple or a wave For a second untethered from doubt and pain your collect collar rings ‘round a weathervane Your trajectory arcs with a rainbow glow through the snow falling dark on the park Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing Flurries, squalls and ball lightning New Year’s here New Year’s here Raise a glass Disappear Hustling tipsy you slip in your hourglass where whiskey sour cash rustles in the brazier snipping snail shell sloe gin tail spin sips like a phonographic pin-up note Blush of bridal sweet as honey combs your tidal hair falls like a metronome floating tones on unloosed Sousaphones with bells shining brassy white Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing Red tide blooms and jelly stings New Year’s here New Year’s here Hold your head up Hide your fear Laughter showers afterhours Hors d'oeuvres served on English muffins glazed in hollandaise and faint praise bury January’s bluff “Yknow we’re nothing more than sweat and flour,” you say, pouring coffee, “...counting minutes... Mounted lions and gazelles faced well intentioned from a wall.” “Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing!” shouts the season’s reasoning “New Year’s here! New Year’s here! Start from scratch the slate is clear!” New Year’s here New Year’s here Cry your eyes out dry your tears Cry your eyes out dry your tears Cry your eyes out dry your tears
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Twenty four stories above beyond you genuflect with your blonde magic wand Your lemon tiara drops into the pond without a ripple or a wave For a second untethered from doubt and pain your collect collar rings ‘round a weathervane Your trajectory arcs with a rainbow glow through the snow falling dark on the park Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing Flurries, squalls and ball lightning New Year’s here New Year’s here Raise a glass Disappear Hustling tipsy you slip in your hourglass where whiskey sour cash rustles in the brazier snipping snail shell sloe gin tail spin sips like a phonographic pin-up note Blush of bridal sweet as honey combs your tidal hair falls like a metronome floating tones on unloosed Sousaphones with bells shining brassy white Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing Red tide blooms and jelly stings New Year’s here New Year’s here Hold your head up Hide your fear Laughter showers afterhours Hors d'oeuvres served on English muffins glazed in hollandaise and faint praise bury January’s bluff “Yknow we’re nothing more than sweat and flour,” you say, pouring coffee, “...counting minutes... Mounted lions and gazelles faced well intentioned from a wall.” “Don't worry Don't worry Don't worry ‘bout a thing!” shouts the season’s reasoning “New Year’s here! New Year’s here! Start from scratch the slate is clear!” New Year’s here New Year’s here Cry your eyes out dry your tears Cry your eyes out dry your tears Cry your eyes out dry your tears

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released August 16, 2017

Written by Jeff Mellin (Sweet Red Onion Publishing, BMI)

Image: Ramon Casas. Madeleine o Au Moulin de la Galette.París (detail), 1892 (Public domain)

Thanks to Garrett Caples, Alfred James Goodrich, June Griffin, Margo Guryan, Heather Hall, Susan Hunt, John Jervis, Francesca Mellin, Joel Mellin, Brenda Davis Mihalko, John Soares, Ed Valauskas and Yvonne McCarey

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