And even if your close is as unavailing as a finish line on a circular never-ending track-

O'2016,
who's to say even one
shall be tearful at your tributes?

Because even the mad and insane
shall be stifled lest your time
begin to wane.

Even the heathens of reality
and the unchaste of delusion
know that your right to farewell
is but a kitsch illusion.

And so be gone!
Take the cruel flames of my mind along
douse them in the waters of a blighted past
where you-

you are deemed to drown...
at last.

___

With the time frame 2014-1016 finally out of reach,

Timeline has come to an end.