Mid-November, the year races towards its end
frantically; time, the clock says, counts
in a measured, tick-tock regularity
but the older you get the faster it goes.
2017: an eventful year for the world
and for me; but for the world every year
must be eventful. For myself, I look back
on many good things: we went to Singapore,
I sold my haunted house
after almost two years of trying, I bought
a new computer, a new car … the material,
important banalities