Some Year’s Day
What century is it outside?
-Boris Pasternak
It’s a fair question: what century is this?
There was fog in the morning, this first day
Of the new year, and later overcast
There was nothing new in any of that
The fat grey squirrel raided the bird-seed at dawn
Which is why he is fat, and dampness dripped
From the roof eaves onto the long-dead leaves
There was nothing new in that, either
The first cup of coffee, the same old news -
It’s a fair question, it is: what century?
Jan 28, 2017
Jan 28, 2017 at 3:08 PM UTC
Some Year’s Day
What century is it outside?
-Boris Pasternak
It’s a fair question: what century is this?
There was fog in the morning, this first day
Of the new year, and later overcast
There was nothing new in any of that
The fat grey squirrel raided the bird-seed at dawn
Which is why he is fat, and dampness dripped
From the roof eaves onto the long-dead leaves
There was nothing new in that, either
The first cup of coffee, the same old news -
It’s a fair question, it is: what century?