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	<body><![CDATA[[B]Shogatsu[/B]


It is hard to miss
The toll of the bells
Though I gotta admit
I tend to lose count
Does this mean my prior
Year's sins are not forgiven?
Best I can do is not
Choke on my mochi
After all that sake
And sweet amazake
The night before on 
Omisoka - New Year's Eve
Still my first sunrise --
Hatsuhinode, should be 
Something, as should be
Hatsugeiko -- my first
Aikido practice later that day
Traditionally, we usually toss
Each other 108 times, though I 
Tend to lose count here too
Guess I'm destined to carry
My sins forward, as usual


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	<date>12-30-2012</date>
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