“I play the game......”
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary t’get your butt kicked, it also becomes necessary to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, ‘n start all over again.....(ain’t it wunnerful how old pop songs just ‘pop’ inta your mind..c’d it be that’s really why they call ‘em ‘pop’) .....Nah! I don’t think so either....
I heard that song at an early age but I also learned how t’get my butt kicked at an early age...I believe you learn more from losing than y’do from winning but somehow I never learned how t’be a good loser...Oh, I learned how to paste a smile on my face ‘n pretend but it was a fake smile...inside, where it really mattered, I wasn't smiling.....
Inside, where it really mattered, I was seriously pissed ‘n I carried my losses around for a long time....I come from a clannish people ‘n I bear grudges.....’N I was a long time growing up ‘n figuring out that the least amount of hate is far too heavy a load to carry... ‘n carrying heavy loads will break a body down ‘n make you old before your time....hating ain’t a good thing!
If you watch television, as most of us do, you see hating in action every day....the gay marriage thing here in California is a really good example...’n the opposing sides have come face t’ face on the evening news.....(the media reminds me of schoolkids on the sideline egging on two young people who didn’t really want to fight in the first place)...’n what is gonna come out of the ‘hull thing is hard feelings ‘n grudges ‘n a long time healing.....
Way down south, they’ve had a long, hard time getting over the war to end northern aggression (Heck! It’s only been 140 years but who’s counting).....’n this past election season has been the most divisive since the one that preceded that war so it’s hard t’say just how long it’s gonna take for ev’ryone to play ‘kiss ‘n makeup’.....
I guess we’re all gonna have t’do what kids do ‘n just put a smile on our faces ‘n pretend that we're doing well......
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