the pale blue dot

Happy New Year.
The pale blue dot of earth has aged another year.

I went for a walk today to find the city utterly bereft. It just existed in warm winds and pelting rain, with its doors shut and lights off. One of the only people I saw was an older gentlemen with prosthetic legs walking his dog whom I wished a Happy New Years to to have him trip upon the cement curb.
He laughed it off.