In the Year of the Pig
for Miley
2007, the Fire Pig (Ding Hai) Year
February 18, 2007 through February 6, 2008
In the Year of the Pig,
When all the scores
And debts are settled,
Love and luck will shine
Upon us and we'll be roll
In our good fortune
Like two pigs in the mud.
In the Year of the Pig
We'll be living like Rockefellers,
Wearing our hearts
On our sleeves,
Drinking good wine
And smoking fine cigars.
In the Year of the Pig
There will more great poetry,
More sincerity and
More honesty,
And our hearts will expand
Exponentially
Beyond our youthful
Waistlines.
In the Year of the Pig
We'll laugh and have good cheer,
Drunk with poetry,
Life and beer,
Sharing everything we've got.
In the Year of the Pig
There'll be no want, nor sorrow --
Only faith in the tomorrow,
In our love and living large.
In the Year of the Pig
There will be chivalry,
Truth and honor,
Trust and brotherhood,
And good will.
In the Year of the Pig
The arts will flourish
And we'll have
Everything
Our hearts desireā¦
In the Year of the Pig,
My darling,
And in the years to come.
January 3, 2007
--Alexander Shaumyan