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a sesame street brainstorm

because today big bird told me to:

sing… sing a song…
sing out loud… sing out strong…

sing of good things…
(spice cookies and milk)
(the flowers on our kitchen table)
(shelter)
(Netflix)

not bad…
(faraway family)
(that no matter who wins the election, the other half of the country is spittin’ mad for four years)
(machiavellian reality tv)
(25-foot walls)
(hurricane debris)
(pettiness)

sing out happy…
(a decade of marriage)
(when my daughter puts her face close to mine)
(6839 curiosities served)
(one breath)
(and then another)

not sad…
(Baghdad)
(Beslan)
(Darfur)
(AIDS orphans)

sing… sing a song…
make it simple to last your whole life long…
(and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make)
(i am human and i need to be loved, just like everybody else does)
(you can stand here and agonize ’til agony’s your heaviest load)
(she asks me why, i smile and say, it’s a way of, way of praying)

don’t worry if it’s not good enough for anyone else to hear
just sing? sing a song.

sing your song!

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1 Gmommy Sep 17th, 2004 at 12:11 pm

Allow the little children to come - for they show us what the kingdom of heaven is like; voices of children are a song of hope - they encourage and remind what is really important about life.
2 MaDear Sep 19th, 2004 at 7:01 pm

sing� sing a song�

sing out loud� sing out strong�

sing of good things�

(my four children and three grandchildren)

(First Unitarian Church of Dallas)

(La Madeleine)

(Good Health)

not bad�

(faraway family)

(that no matter who wins the election, the other half of the country is spittin’ mad for four years)

(my sister’s cancer)

(intolerance)

(unforgiveness)

(pettiness)

sing out happy�

(my 2 sons-in-laws)

(when my daughter puts her face close to mine)

(The New Yorker)

(one breath)

(and then another)

not sad�

(Aids victims)

(Beslan)

(Darfur)

(Cancer victims)

sing� sing a song�

make it simple to last your whole life long�

(and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make)

(i am human and i need to be loved, just like everybody else does)

(you can stand here and agonize ’til agony’s your heaviest load)

(she asks me why, i smile and say, it’s a way of, way of praying)

(I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me)

don’t worry if it’s not good enough for anyone else to hear

just sing� sing a song.

sing your song!

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