Analysis of December, 1999

An old Chinese philosopher, before some lengthy schlepp
Said, "A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step."
It's corporate travel policy to leave not a thing to chance.
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a cash advance.
A thousand is significant when counting miles ... or years.
I hear that word "Millenium," it grates upon my ears.
Increasingly, it seems to me, 'midst all this hurley-burley,
Observance of a thousand years starts at least a full year early.