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the label on the magic bottle reads Peace

something that only a small handful of people

are able to make out

I guess because War's letters read so

dark and bold

the multitude of systems obviously needs

an overhaul

man constantly lives today in some form of

fear or doubt

but time continues to march on

as it always did with still no stop watch

to hold

as the war machine has still yet to rust

too bad for the more innocent inhabitants

of this earth

faster now occurs ashes to ashes

dust to dust

lost to the new age of technology

in human interest

yet every year on one set aside day

the majority take time out to stop

their butchery and quest for power

and a mystical peace settles over the land

instilling for just the briefest moment

serenity in the hearts of many

that can last as much as an hour

and a mystical peace settles over the land

instilling for just the briefest moment

serenity in the hearts of many

that can last as much as an hour

then its back to business

the business of slow self destruction that

is

in sitting for just the briefest moment

serenity in the hearts of many

but that wouldnt' sell well

to the war wantons

so, we sit and wait with one breath

held tight

for Christmas to come around again next

year

hopefully if we're here next year that is

a after all

one can never really tell....................

(Dec. 23, 1997)