JUST LIVE IT UP

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SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> think big is how you view it;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> for on the way you'll surely fall<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> with either way you do it!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> And when you lie, just tell 'em big,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> the small ones... never mind,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> for the largest, deepest holes you dig,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> are same for either kind.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> And when you steal, don't waste your time<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> by taking little things,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> set your sight on some larger crime,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> either one, jail time brings!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> And when you cheat, don't go for less,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> for cost will be the same;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> 'cause while you lose your nobleness, </div> <div> you also mar your name.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> So as you live, just live it big, </div> <div> whatever reasons be,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> for in the end you can't renege<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> on your life's misery.</div> <div> And yet, there is another way<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> to live your life more tall,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and that is brighten everyday...<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> attempt no sin at all!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Smiling when a frown is due,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> or look into some eyes,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and tell the tales that's only true,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and not a pack of lies.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Let tear drops fall in humble care<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> without a sole pretense,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> avoiding pitfalls of despair<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> by praying to relent.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Instead of crime, spread peace in kind<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> with friends, and foes alike,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> helping folks is so sublime,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> which makes a lasting strike!<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> And don't ''do in'' your fellow men,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> you'll need their help some day,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> reach out to them with willing hand,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> this bond will work it's way.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> So as you live, just live it big...<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> with these your choices be,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> for in the end you won't renege...<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#800000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> on your morality!!</div> <div> ©William E. 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