'Ere We Go Again

[poliphilo]

Ailz says there were people arguing under our window at four in the morning- as there usually are on New Year's Day. I'm afraid I slept right through it.

I woke earlier for the fireworks. I thought there were less of them than usual.

Years are much of a muchness. People die, others are born. Fashions change. Some years are warmer, some wetter. One manages the best one can...

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I like that line too...

And how it's phrased as a question, as if with some small part of his being he were hoping to be told, "No, there's an alternative."