Rosie Perera

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Sixty seconds in a minute.
Sixty minutes in an hour.
Twenty four hours in a day.
Seven days a week.

Excessive hurry at many tasks.
I fuss, wet-eyed.
No time to unwind on a Sunday.
I rush on in anxiety.

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

In every democratic country, there is a time to vote.
A time to tell your elected officials "we don't want this war!"
A time to complain; and a time to write a senator.
A time to scream "Anathema!"; and a time to not keep silent.
A time to speak up, unashamed; and a time to make haste.
A time to risk; and a time to debunk playing it safe.
A time to appeal to reason; and a time to mediate.
A time to abandon a domination agenda; and a time to make peace.
A time to debate; and a time to evict a bent, depraved, no-brain leader.
A time to get mad; and a time to topple the White House warmonger ape.
A time to get a woman at the helm.
Bush, it's time to get out of there!

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Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star,
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me,
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops.
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow,
Why oh why can't I?

Someday, after the Bush term's over, when...oh, when?
I'll be able to show my face in public again.
Someday, after the Bush term's over, we'll be OK.
We'll be able to hold contrary opinions in the old USA.
Someday I'll vote for a worthy leader,
And wake up where Republicans are far behind me,
Where troubles melt away like snow,
And war is not a daily woe.
That's where you'll find me.
Someday, after the Bush term's over, he'll hide. (Bye!)
Then with war behind,
Everybody can be happier,
Roar with putrid humor.
Why oh why can't he hurry? (Hey, idiot!)

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The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun, and dried up all the rain.
So the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

Bush is the cruddy president with the itsy bitsy brain.
So dim, all the people say that he's a dope, insane.
Without a doubt, we'd drum 'im out.
I'm pleased the stupid sceptred creep can't run again.

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Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O, Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Prayer of St. George

Lord, make me an instrument of your vindication.
Where there is division, let me sow hatred;
where there is jihad, retribution;
where there is poverty, injustice;
where there is oil, a windfall;
and where there are voters, despair.
O, Divine Peer,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be adept as to attain greatness;
to be good as to defend the US lifestyle;
to be loved as to render Yankees rich.
For it's dishonest words and nonsense that win renown;
a dumb grin, photo ops;
and a lethal race, riches.

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Yesterday (by The Beatles)

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
How I need a place to hide away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
How I need a place to hide away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.

Seedy Tale (by Earth Bytes)

Leprosy, I'm not half the man I used to be.
All my skin is coming off of me.
Oh I believe I'm sore, you see.

Suddenly, I really need to take a whee,
But I've got no dong with which to water the tree.
Oh, anyway, now I got ugly leprosy.

Why did I get cursed with this rot? I need to hide.
Yeah, sure I'm diseased, guts came out my side.

Leprosy, what a totally nasty way to be.
Had no senses in elbow or knee.
Oh, Daddy, that's severely deadly!

Why a corrosive disease waylayed an average one?
Agony, now an angry song and a yawn...oh, done!

Yesterday, health was easy, ah so easy, ya had to see.
Now a shadow hangs shyly over me.
Oh, why did I get leprosy?

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Updated: May 10, 2016


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