Here's to

Here's to the last days of 2005
And the cold white rays of the moon outside.
And here's to the days that're left before
The new year slips through a crack in the door.
Here's to heaters in houses and cars,
Here's to candy in big glass jars.
Here's to Mazdas slipping on snow,
Here's to the few short days in Chicago.
Here's to how we were before
2005 beat 2004.
And here's to the things that'll be in our lives
When 2006 meets 2005.

--John Behrens (12-23-05)