"Laughter Revolution"
We need new hippies
Another generation to enjoy the now
A people that pull rainbows from the dull cities
Flowers in the rifle barrels part two
Society should be looking beyond tabloids and our own dead ends
When we sweat, yank the clothes from our bodies and teach us to dance in the gritty acid rains
Our neighbors should take their last dollars and use it on instant smiles
It’s a time for the poets and songwriters to quicken the pulse of the world
To show us there is more to life than cable boxes and the latest tickle me Elmo
We should smile more often and wander the streets like gypsies
Camp out on the sidewalks sucking in the yellow rays of sunlight and laughter
We need to open borders and close-minded fools
Allow the daring to run to the top of any mountain they choose
And while there let them scream from the top of their lungs
Hollering every verse of Dylan’s Do Not Go Gentle
Families should learn to not despise who our children are
They need to embrace them
Empty their pockets till they have every crayon possible, even periwinkle
We must extract the dreams from the dulling eyes and witness them happen
Let us all be spent by one another’s exhausting joy
We need to relish today
So that tomorrow
The children will know it is what they can and will do as well
Robert Lloyd
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