If I Catch Afire

There was a time when I would hide

So far under the bed

That dust bunnies and cockroaches

Were about my only friends

Then one day it dawned on me

And the sun came streaming in

Living life to the limit

Is not a deadly sin

 

(chorus)

So if I catch afire

Please don’t put me out

No stop and drop and roll for me

It’s just jump and twist and shout

Don’t call the fire department

Don’t call the rescue squad

Simply raise your chalice in the air

And give thanks to all the gods

 

I’ve got no need to mope about

Or cry into my beer

It’s such a waste of energy

To live in mortal fear

Now each day I seem to wake up

With a grin from ear to ear

So when you see my smile a-shining

Wish me the happiest New Year

 

Now my cauldron overfloweth

With a sweet and frothy brew

That’s so much better tasting

Than that slimy bitter stew

No futility and anguish

Nor negative bull shit

Won’t you toast with me the universe

Of never ending gifts?

 

 

Thomas Hubbard (12/3/07)

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