Happy People, Happy Village
James M M Baldwin
Blue covers the heavens like an upside-down sea
Wooly clouds gather like guests at a tea
A white sun coaxes the dull to a colorful array
Stubborn buds burst into a fragrant display
Emerald waves roll toward distant green meadows
Swaying arms sway from a row of old willows
Oaks and maples line a creek, sparkling like glass
A bushy tailed squirrel forages for seeds in the grass
Birds sing a merry song, filling the trees
Butterflies float on a gentle fragrant breeze
A bunny chews in a field of bristly pink thistle
A dragonfly darts like a heat guided missile
Giggling young girls jump rope, skip, and sing
Dressed in sundresses of green, white, and pink
Bare-chested boys play ball as they stroll
Shouting for joy as they tumble and roll
An unsteady woman walks a large hairy beast
It pulls her along, she holds tight to its leash
Young lovers exchange a passionate embrace
Overeager to complete the love that they chase
A child stops playing… she points at the skies
A comet strikes Earth… and everyone dies
To quote that famous Dickens' line, "More, please sir, more!"
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