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January<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other side, Betty White ascended up the sky,
\nKicked off a year of passings of the high profile kind,
\n\u201816 was the warm-up, \u201822 said \u2018hold my beer\u2019,
\nBob Saget, Meatloaf, Sid Poitier, Warnie and Gil Gottfried,
\nRod Marsh, Estelle Harris, Andy Symonds, Ray Liotta,
\nPages turning on the calendar, piling up with goners,
\nJames Caan, Archie Roach, Judith Durham, ONJ and Pele,
\nGorbachev, Shinzo Abe, Queen Lizzie\u2019s passed away,
\nDame Angie, Robbie Coltrane, Coolio, Twitch and Kirstie Alley,
\nLord knows many missed, ink staying fresh on the obituaries,
\nLooks like covid\u2019s here to stay, cases kicked off more than 30k,
\nOmnicron crowned the king, no longer just a passing thing,
\nSpare a thought for Charlise Mutten, you deserved better, Little Girl,
\nPeep at American Samoa, where that tsunami done unfurled,
\nAndy O\u2019Keefe arrested once more, Novak banished from these shores,
\nAsh and Rafa crowned the champs, while in Ukraine brews a pending war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia claimed the Ashes, Whoopi threw a massive fit,
\nWinter Olympics in Beijing, Zhu Yi, Eileen Gu and Chloe Kim,
\nValieva felled by a doping test, Norway proved heads and shoulders above the\nrest,
\nBack home that Religious Discrimination Bill kicked off nationwide unrest,
\nKoalas deemed endangered, still reeling from the fires before \u2018rona,
\nGuess who\u2019s back? That\u2019d be Jarryd, retrial for that motherfucker,
\nThen the contents bubbled over, a new nightmare been unleashed,
\nRussia done invaded Ukraine, will there be a World War 3?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyiv under fire, Russians bringing in the pain,
\nCan\u2019t call it a surprise, Putin is both mad and vile,
\nBut just when all seemed lost, that the blue and yellow would count the cost,
\nThe Megalomaniac\u2019s plans hit a snag, didn\u2019t count on victims fighting back,
\nMeanwhile here at home, floods done stormed the east coast,
\nNSW and QLD copped a drenching, before you know it VIC is swimming,
\nKim Kitching left the building, mean girls bore the brunt of the finger\npointing,
\nPlane crash in China while back home an infant dubbed the youngest victim of\n\u2018rona,
\nAsh called it a career, SA got a new premier,
\nThe Oscars making headlines once more, The Slap Heard \u2018Round The World made it\nso,
\nCue mass cuck and simp jokes, \u2018comedian\u2019 now among the riskiest roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will and Chris got the world tripping, back home at the\nEaster show another young life taken,
\nAn election been announced, time to head to the polls,
\nWhile in New York a deranged fool shot up subway folks,
\nDidn\u2019t fit the narrative, media couldn\u2019t run with it,
\nWhile the best new show in Hollywood is playing, that of Johnny, Amber and\ntheir mudslinging,
\nThe latter branded dirty in the sickest way, the former never should\u2019ve been\ncancelled,
\nNo real winners in this writer\u2019s opinion, both were foul and quite repugnant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, belatedly, the first female main event in boxing,
\nTaylor beat Serrano, sure was fun and exciting,
\nPhilippines has a new President, so much for those history lessons,
\nVoted in the son of the dictator, what the fuck were y\u2019all thinking!?
\nThen there was that all-conquering organisation catering to folks of a certain\ntone,
\nBurned, Looted and Murdered their way to the fore, placed the mainstream in a\nchokehold,
\nTurned out they were lying and swindling, finessed many fools,
\nSympathy in short supply to those that backed them over lies,
\nShootings in Buffalo and Orange County, \u2018Murica motherfuckers!
\nSweden and Finland joining NATO, must be awkward for Putin\u2019s supporters,
\nAustralia has a new PM, ScoMo never stood a chance,
\nAnother school shooting, this time in Uvalde, Texas, Yanks and guns an unholy\nalliance,
\nJohnny all but exonerated, woe to those that got him cancelled,
\nHow do you like them apples, Amber? The shit stains linger forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee, her last hurrah of sorts,
\nAustralia qualifies for the big show, cheers to that Wiggles fan in goal,
\nVivid back at last, inflation left its mark,
\nUpped that minimum wage but taxpayers be copping it hard,
\nMemo to Ms. Wilkinson, loose lips sink ships, way to jeopardise Britt\u2019s case,
\nNow your job\u2019s on life support while the case been delayed,
\nEarthquake in Afghanistan, Golden State crowned the champs,
\nRoe V Wade overturned, triggering Bedlam across the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floods raging on the east coast, taking lives, taking homes,
\nBoJo called it quits, scandal after scandal left him in the skids,
\nUnrest in Sri Lanka, bullets shredded Shushou<\/em>\nAbe,
\nNick Kyrgios on a roll, Elon fumbled taking twitter,
\nWebb\u2019s first deep field sure was something majestic,
\nComm Games kicking off, Aussies burdened with expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comm games came and went, Australia won as expected,
\nEmma, Kyle and Cody, media spinning bullshit stories,
\nEarthquake in the Philippines, Pelosi in Taiwan,
\nCCP seeing red, in their eyes that\u2019s disrespect,
\nAl-Quaeda took a hit, Al-Zawahiri bombed out,
\nTwenty years after 9\/11, sweet revenge without a doubt
\nPaul Green checking out, Salman Rushdie hacked to ribbons,
\nWriters and comedians under threat, offended radicals sure are dangerous,
\nCancel Culture came for Andrew Tate, ScoMo busted for power grabbing,
\nWhispering Jack has cancer, luckily ducked the grim reaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Dawson found guilty, sure did take them long enough,
\nUK has a new PM, answered to the name Liz Truss,
\nSerena hangs her raquet, Fed will follow soon after,
\nTragedy in Buxton, the driver being the lone survivor,
\nQueen of England passed away, ended that 70-year reign,
\nHers are big shoes to be certain, King Charles awaiting coronation,
\nBlack Little Mermaid, Mahsa Amini kicked off mass protests,
\nWord to first-world whingers, this is what it means to be oppressed,
\nGeelong beats Sydney, Optus hacker running rampant,
\nItaly has a new PM, female, conservative and right-leaning,
\nStorms in the Phillippines, happens damn near every year,
\nHurricanes in Florida, TV coverage looking kinda biblical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Panthers make it back to back, mass shooting in Thailand,
\nMedibank and Optus hacked, bigwigs felt their customers\u2019 wrath,
\nLidia Thorpe lost her post, that bikie boyfriend undisclosed,
\nPromised to bring fire and chaos, undone by her taste in blokes,
\nLiz Truss makes history but not for reasons flattering,
\nOne month, over and out, shortest term in history,
\nRishi Sunak the new PM, Kanye West done played himself,
\nWhile Down Under Cassius Turvey sadly met his end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halloween crush in South Korea, Brazilian general election,
\nElon Musk bought twitter, chaos ensued shortly after,
\nIsis brides were brought home, Western Sydney feeling jacked,
\nThey went abroad to side with killers, why in hell would they bring \u2018em back?
\nUS midterm election chaos, Donnie back for another round,
\nEmbarrassed himself as usual, Trump ship once again ran aground,
\nHackers turning up the heat, kicking off mass anxiety,
\nBlack Panther Wakanda Forever, Chadwick Boseman sorely missed,
\nPoland bombed, turned out accidental, MH17 bombers guilty,
\nEast coast still be floodin\u2019, earthquake got Indonesia shakin\u2019,
\nFIFA World Cup in Qatar, controversial from the start,
\nDanny Lim beaten up, coppers once again look like thugs,
\nScoMo censured, Kanye drowning himself deeper,
\nLockdown protests in China, talk about going backwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Dawson gets 24, Higgins trial goes up in flames,
\nAustralia lost to Argentina, Lionel Messi still got game,
\nEruptions in Hawaii and Indonesia, more headaches for Donnie Trump,
\nBack at home the interest rates are still on the up and up,
\nUmar Patek released from jail, the ultimate act of disrespect,
\nSex ban in Indonesia, Brittany Griner bailed from Russia,
\nMeg and Harry\u2019s documentary, not-so-well-received, predictably,
\nSo much for mending bridges, the final insult to the family,
\nCop killers in Chincilla, A-League chaos in Victoria,
\nSpinach packets contaminated, even Popeye won\u2019t be checkin\u2019 it,
\nArgentina wins the World Cup, Lionel Messi dubbed the GOAT,
\nCivil unrest in Peru, Trump charged for riots at the Capitol,
\nRuddy the US Ambassador, Penny Wong in China,
\nZelenskyy rollin\u2019 into DC, youth crimes in QLD,
\nComanche won the yacht race, heatwaves in the east and south,
\nWarner\u2019s double century, don\u2019t ask ya boy what that\u2019s about,
\nTwitter beef between Andrew and Greta before an arrest for the former,
\nPele bade farewell, Viv Westwood and Barbara Walters, sure was a year of\ndepartures for the rich and influential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s about the size of it, been quite the year, hasn\u2019t it?
\nGreat for some, a downer for others but that\u2019s the way it goes regardless of\nthe numbers on the calendar,
\nEveryone got different experiences but we\u2019re all headed towards one\ndestination,
\nNow we\u2019re here, coming from multiple directions, it\u2019s time to draft those\nresolutions,
\nEnsure it\u2019s one you can commit to, even better if for life, take it one step at\na time, baby steps and you\u2019ll be alright,
\nFarewell, 2022, for better or worse it\u2019s in the history books,
\nBring on 2023, go and get yours, wish y\u2019all the best, let\u2019s see what awaits us\n\u2018round the corner.
\n
\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postscript:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 I started this journey when the Mayans predicted that\nthe world would crumble into memory,
\nUnaware that this was the first step to a whole new beginning, apprehensive at\nfirst but quickly hit the ground running,
\nWhile folks were wildin\u2019 out on Gangnam Style and trying to track down that\ntwisted warlord Kony,
\nYours Truly was learning a new art that would change life\u2019s trajectory, Pops\nwas the catalyst but ultimately I\u2019m the author of this story,
\nNervous as hell in the beginning but damn near quickly felt some strange sense\nof belonging,
\nDays of being stateless coming to a warmly welcomed conclusion,
\nDoors flung open, suddenly, a bright new chapter written, never too long in the\ntooth for new experiences, the universe might be onto something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life been good in general but for the longest time felt distrustful and isolated,
Everyone got their demons born out of missteps or circumstances accidental or intentional though the world and others can and will add to it,
Once a young\u2019un with a sunny disposition, had my moments but overall looking towards a bright future,
Years between 15 and 27 begat various tests of the mettle, good days and fond memories preventing total capitulation,
At first glance had it all but upstairs it was messy in the attic, fuck the world and all the phonies in it, the shadows is where I feel comfortable,
Then one day out the blue Pops decided he wanted to learn kung fu, gotta admit I was intrigued, for the first time ever wanted to go to school,
This fine art unlike any previously studied, required little of brute force and more that was focused and penetrating,
Relaxation is key, tall order for one accustomed to relying on strength,
Feeling like a fish out of water but overall welcomed the challenge,
Firm friendships an additional bonus, the lifelong drifter finally found a home,
Do I dare knock down these walls? Been up for so long they\u2019re riddled with moss,
Fuck it, take a chance, let \u2018em into your world, isolation seems absurd,
And so I permit \u2018em, many more after that, so long as they\u2019re decent, \u2018twas a wise decision dare I say it,
2012 closed on a high, the world remained intact, but the Mayans weren\u2019t off the mark,
Experienced a rebirth like I\u2019d been brought to the light after years lingering in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That was the life for the next eight years, far from perfect to be sure,
Even under the warm sun perfection remains an illusion,
Old me would\u2019ve handled it differently, stumbling and tripping en route to a messy victory,
Through ways bitter and manic rather than methods rooted in coolness and maturity,
Did this strange art play a part? The need for a relaxed state surely left its mark,
No hothead can master it, practicing then teaching it triggering opportunities for continual self-improvement,
Taming the beasts within gaslighting and mocking almost daily, the host body realizing, finally, that there\u2019s good in almost everybody,
Friendships formed for the first time in years, some of \u2018em becoming second fam,
Ten years earlier never would have conceived of it, script was flipped but for that I\u2019m glad,
The positives extending to the daily grind, making bearable the morning and afternoon commute,
That nine-to-five damn near flew, the clock moves quicker when there\u2019s something to look forward to,
Even in \u201918 when the health went south, kept up the hustle \u2018til the struggle escalated,
Can\u2019t keep a good man down when he\u2019s fuelled by hope and determination,
\u201919 came and went, felt like happy days were here to stay,
But what comes up must come down, damn clich\u00e9 we must learn the hardest way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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World shut down by an all-conquering virus to kick off the\n2020\u2019s,
\nWhole world in lockdown to the detriment of businesses and economies,
\nTook its toll on everyone, peoples\u2019 true forms revealed one by one,
\nSaw the very worst of humanity, different day but ever-widening divisions,\nwaging war over differences, friendships once solid now they\u2019re crumbling,
\nA return to the Academy looking less likely but still within the realm of\nplausibility,
\nCounting down the days mentally but overpowered by the bitterness of reality,
\nBeing immuno-compromised in these strange times, living with folks vulnerable\nforcing one to be more cautious,
\nStockdale Paradox came to life, will I be back in time for Christmas?
\nTwo years later still adrift and floundering, another lesson in the folly of\nmisguided optimism,
\nFinally snagged by the beast in mid \u201922, for one week knocked out by an extreme\nflu,
\nHad me a dream that seemed so strange, jolted me awake and more or less sealed\nmy fate,
\nIt was time to move on, so ends the glorious spell, we can try and try but the\nstory won\u2019t always end well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out from the safe zone, walking on, alone,
Came full circle in unplanned ways, felt like the train been derailed,
Perhaps it\u2019s for the better but somehow feels the opposite,
One of life\u2019s harshest lessons came to life, that they\u2019re never permanent, these fun times,
Pain and change are what keeps the wheels turning, can\u2019t have one without the other,
Can\u2019t cry over spilt milk, wipe that shit then move on forward,
Can\u2019t lie, though, the demons are roosting, day by day the wrong layers are peeling,
Fading into the shadows, Scorpion\u2019s MK9 <\/em>victory pose, maybe this was my place all along,
Heart frosting, sun setting, colours fading, might as well be flat-lining,
Could have regressed to old ways had it not been for a silver lining,
Ain\u2019t no reset back to day one, friends met along the way still here,
Interactions further and fewer in between but somehow the bond remains pristine,
Cheer up, Young Man, not all who wander are lost,
Something worthwhile might be \u2018round the corner, hard to predict the future,
Some days wondering if I can even stomach it as long as we\u2019re keeping it one hundred,
Might as well keep going while the heart\u2019s still beating, didn\u2019t get this far just to pack it in,
If pride is the sole motivator then so be it, go with the flow and resist overthinking,
Opportunities may pop up unexpected like the one previously encountered during the year that we were supposed to meet our makers according to those from an ancient civilisation,
It\u2019s been quite a ride, just want to let y\u2019all know that you\u2019re appreciated,
Showed love to this jaded wanderer, eight years of memories and life lessons in equal measure,
Sing it loud like Elsa, gotta \u2018let it go\u2019, holding on for too long will rip those palms open,
Barely reached the midpoint, still plenty of chapters waiting to be written,
Once again, from the top, right fist, left palm and bow,
We\u2019ll meet again someday, but it\u2019s a fond farewell for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January On the other side, Betty White ascended up the sky, Kicked off a year of passings of the high profile kind, \u201816 was the warm-up, \u201822 said \u2018hold my beer\u2019, Bob Saget, Meatloaf, Sid Poitier, Warnie and Gil Gottfried, Rod Marsh, Estelle Harris, Andy Symonds, Ray Liotta, Pages turning on the calendar, piling up … <\/p>\n

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