[i dare...]

    i dare to say

    that i much prefer

    to wish you a happy

    new year in person



    i invoke

            that image and more

    that i test

            your breath for the smoke and more

    and your lips for the taste of tobacco

                                        and more

    and i wish your eyes would be serious and more

    and more and more no end

    i wish for nothing more and nothing less











                         wlodzimierz holsztynski ©

                              1985-12-15/16