New Year
The years
Fall like dry leaves
From the top-less tree
Of eternity.
Does it matter
That another leaf has fallen?
-- Langston Hughes --
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
About ten days ago Mayan Calendar ended and a new cycle began. Today, our calendar begins a new cycle. In spite of the foolish panic of some, I really didn't see any difference when the Mayan Calender ended. And, frankly, this morning I had to remind myself that we are now in 2013 for I couldn't see anything different this morning either.
If either calendar change makes a difference, I think it's only because we decide that it does. Langston Hughes asks a question--Does it matter/That another leaf has fallen?-- and, like many other writers, doesn't answer his question. He leaves it for you and me and the other guy.
Does it matter?
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