[One:] You will be born into a Strange and Desolate place
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[Two:] It will be called "The Average Home"
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[Three:] The times will be Restless and full of Uncertainty.
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[Four:] It will be full of violence. The end of the century.
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[Five:] You will silently question this of your mother as you drink your milk, and you watch her move away
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[Six:] And there will be no answer
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[Seven:] You will begin the long process of shutting down
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[Eight:] Your countenance will reflect less light and later when you look at pictures of yourself
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[Nine:] You will wonder
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[Ten:] You will give up your backbone to the T.V. and you will accept a value system
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[Eleven:] Putting forth Lies and Hatred and Intolerance as acceptable in the name of Love
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[Twelve:] No one will step forward from the Shadows saying, "Expect this. It's Part of the Path"
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[Thirteen:] You will discover Drugs and Alcohol
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[Fourteen:] And you will have a good time
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[Fifteen:] You will have a good time for a long, long time
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[Sixteen:] And you will have a good, good time for a long, long, oh way too long time
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[Seventeen:] And you will rush headlong towards your
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[Eighteen:] Bottom Line in an Instinctive attempt to Heal yourself
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[Nineteen:] You will finally go to AA to learn what you should have learned in Sunday School
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[Twenty:] And then you will give yourself permission to cry. And you will cry and cry
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[Twenty-One:] And your friends will move away nervously
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[Twenty-Two:] And you'll feel like a Fool
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[Twenty-Three:] And you will be alone,
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and no one will step forward
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from the Shadows saying
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"The Journey Forward Includes Movement
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Through Despair and Darkness"
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And you will be gathering Strength
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even if you don't understand
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And certain words like LOVE and...
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Integrity and Intensity
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will be drawn into your Spine.
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And Then One Day...
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You will look up
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And you will look over
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You will look up
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and you will look over
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And you will get up
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And you will go over
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And You Will Turn Off the T.V....
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Precious Candles
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your Light is your own
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You Will Be Born
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| Jane Siberry |
