A crappy poem

For a crappy year:

Ode to 2004!

It’s New Year’s Eve,
Let’s raise a glass to 2004,
Say goodbye to the old,
and prepare for more.

We all lost a lot,
that we hold dear,
Ray Charles and Julia Child,
all in one very short year.

A thousand soldiers,
they will not come back.
They gave their lives,
in the war in Iraq.

Indonesia is devastated,
so many are gone.
The world will rally,
and help them to move on.

So let’s raise a glass,
and drink it on down.
Last year was crap,
but let’s not frown.

Soon a new year,
2005, it will be..
So keep the bottle handy,
and hold your breath with me!