BROKEN BEFORE THE INK EVEN DRIED!

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NEW PROMPT: Studies have shown that most New Year's Resolutions (for example, "I will enter The Writer's Cramp every day") get lost, broken or abandoned by somewhere around mid-February. Write a story or poem about a Resolution that gets broken on New Year's Day.

BROKEN BEFORE ITS INK HAD DRIED!

Had resolved not to cuss this year--
by damn, I really tried!
Made a resolution,which I
broke before my ink dried!

Was holding hot drink in my bed--
a slow new year's morning.
Before I knew it, I'd dropped it;
HOT FLOOD without warning!

Really bad words poured from my face-
could not cork the bad sounds!
I know my speech was a disgrace
as paper towels I found.

I broke that good resolution
before its ink had dried--
next time my coffee's by the bed,
I'll store it AT MY SIDE.