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Bring me back ... satire


Luke 1:53 

53 He has filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.

 

Bring me back to La-la land

I am taking life to serious

Hang me by the toes for a while

for my world is upside down

 

Slap my face and take my hand

Until I get real furious

as I will so loose all my guile

in this hurtful loosing clown

 

Dressed for a part I cannot live

putting up an empty show

making people laugh a bit

to help folk forget their emptiness

 

Only children seem to give

as they only can and know

That only life’s best of it

is their faith in youthfulness

 

Jan Wienen

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