Good Cheer

 Good Cheer

        

Be of and for it.

Make it your business

to proclaim 

and advance it.

You know 

it will cost you.

Be open handed 

nonetheless.

Pay the bill; pick up the tab 

even when the table’s full. 

Some will call you fool, 

but you knew that.

Eyes wide, 

know what you

are about.

Heart open, unironic,   

magnanimous.

No bitterness nor spleen.  

Health and strength attend

the generous and free, 

and that’s what you’ll be.

Intentionally. 

—Sef, 1/13/ ’25; rev. 3/3/2025