the clock
struck 12 ... it wHas the new year and i watched
as the pepper
went crazy with eX.citement as the countdown ended
- and old lang. sign started playing..
i stood
there thinking of how it looked like an oldie black
and white movie eX.cept in colour.. or maybe it
just switched to colour? .. just like oZ!
had the
last year been all black and white?
i never
thought of it till now... but colours are more brilliant
on new years day.. probably from the blur of the
eX.citement of it's eve...
i stood
alone and grasped a glass of champagne that linda
and i were franticly pouring moments before - preparing
for this magic minute..
i lifted
the glass and looked at the champagne bubbles -
more colours - the imagery of the pepper blurred
through the bubbles. i tried to focus on the moving
images but couldn't through the bubbles and glass..
i drank...
and toasted
the colours...

people
i called:
- mom
- cHris
- Lawrence
- daWn
- geNe
- cHippy
people
who called me:
- TJ
- get together real soon!
- cRaig
- cHris