the last party

leave your politics

at the door,

your religion too.

leave your dietary 

restrictions, your sober

ways, your

celibacy.

leave it all at the door.

i won't allow it in here.

not tonight, tonight

we are going

to be human, to lie

to one another

and tell the truth,

we're going

to make love, to become

friends, to disagree

and argue

and then make up.

we'll play music and dance.

we're going to eat until

we're full.

drink until the last bottle

is dry. we'll

laugh until our eyes tear up.

we're going to be young

again tonight,

we're far from being through.