SUPPLY

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SUPPLY

A farmer can sell you a carrot

A fishmonger can sell you a cod

A bookseller can sell you scriptures

But no one can sell you God

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A cobbler can make you new shoes

A vet can treat your pet's fleas

A newspaper sells you the news

Yet no one can give your heart peace

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Where do we get the ideas and attitudes

We all need to thrive

We need hope and strength

For as long as we are alive

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We can get the good qualities we need

To help us achieve our worthy ends

From the information we ingest

And the support of a few good friends

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COLLABORATION

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COLLABORATION

When I was a child, I used to think there were "grown ups"

Who could handle everything in a wise and powerful way

Being a "grown up" was where I was headed

Getting closer each year to the magical transformation

Where my all powerful "grown up" self would emerge

While I have developed a "grown up" aspect of myself

My freckle-faced skinned-knee inner child 

Is very much alive and well

Endlessly fearful and joyous in turns

Both are options but neither is completely in control

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