Focus on the small joy!
Romanticize your life!
What else can we puny humans do? What else can we enjoy?
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Focus on the small joy!
For horrors, they are rife
For our fragile sanity we must little white lies employ.
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Focus on the small joy!
The sparkle of the knife
Pretend you're not the real prey, just the doe-eyed decoy.
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Focus on the small joy!
Amidst fire and the strife
We might read poetry beside the ember-brightness of Troy.
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Focus on the small joy!
Happy despite... despite...
Happy with the scavenged crumb, delighted with the idle toy.
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Focus on the small joy!
Romanticize your life!
Dare I say I detest it? That I would prefer irrepressible joy?
How the audience applauds mid-pas de deux at the ballet Bolshoi.
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