New Year by John Pepper Clark

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New Year

Another flood is finished to a fall 
Finished finished with a roar and rush 
And you and I two reeds on the bank 
Go dipping hungry blades in her wash

Full fine sands rear up (how high 
Each day!) like manatees out on spree 
And even the sexless water lettuce 
From upland go hand in hand to the sea

But you and I two reeds swaying on 
The banks with the wind of world-blight 
How long this hedging listing and roll 
Before our self-split selves unite?

Insidious creaks of drying joints 
Warn of recessions hard to reach 
I wonder this flood in laps of the old 
Will long bear aberrants on the beach.

— John Pepper Clark

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