[Roger Slater]

My Resolutions

The cigarettes I did not quit,
The belt I did not shrink to fit,
The novel that I left undone,
The marathon I did not run,
The money that I did not save,
The charity I never gave,
The exercise I did not do,
The bites I took but did not chew,
The mountains that I never scaled,
The oceans that I never sailed,
Abide, regretful friends of mine.
Let's take a cup for auld lang syne.