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Music:
Birthday Present.
By Lovira.
Performed by Lovira at the
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Happiness is not a holiday.
An everyday will do, an any minute.
Perhaps one lingers briefly by the way,
Pausing to breathe in the infinite.
Yet holidays are necessary pleasures,
Holding open else-neglected doors,
Offering a wealth of well-known treasures
Likely to renew depleted stores.
In doing what the holiday demands,
Delighting in its long-obeyed commands,
A separated family now joins hands,
Yielding to a deeper harmony,
Still together, though infrequently.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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