Scarlet's Poetry Den - The Early Years - Chairs and Cares and Other Dares

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"The Early Years"

Chairs and Cares and Other Dares (Listen to the poem in RealAudio G2)

I never could sit in a chair properly
Always falling in a ring of fire,
Never finding the right seat.
It seems I'm all alone
In your circle of tears and fears and jeers,
But I never could sit in a chair properly.

I knew rocking chairs and nursery rhymes,
I learned the ABC's like a good child,
I even knew when to smile,
But, I never could sit in a chair properly.

Later I learned to say "no" when I meant yes,
That the rich never had to confess,
That angels never got blessed,
But, I never could learn
To sit in a chair properly.

Laughing always seemed better than crying it off,
Truth looked better when wrapped in layers of cloth,
So I dressed myself up if it wasn't,
But I never could sit in a chair, properly.

So bring on your doctors to
Patch up the bruises after each fall;
Bring on your carpenters
To build me new chairs -
I'll stand and wait,
Someday you'll learn,
(Maybe I'll learn)
I don't give a damn
About your dares to care about chairs.

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