I had to say goodbye today
To Rusty, my red Labrador,
Hardest decision that did weigh
So heavy, I never hurt more.
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The wizard and the dragon played
A game of chess to choose who would
Be master of this forest glade
Over domain of magichood.
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The wonderland that I dream of
Is not the one Alice was in.
My wonderland is filled with love
Of Grandma's farm where I lived when
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The U.F.O. from outer space
Came down to Earth for more research,
And selected in time and place,
Late at night, a deserted church.
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Sometimes I'd watch him watching me
As I was swinging on a rope
O'er the river from the elm tree.
Each time we met I knew he'd hope
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In the hospital by his side,
The two of us did say goodbye.
And moments later my Dad died.
Doctors and nurses came and I
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Nuclear chicken was the game.
U.S. missiles were in Turkey,
So Krushchev chose to do the same
With missiles in Cuba to be.
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I'd been invited to a ball.
My gown was nice, but needed more.
And so I gave a friend a call,
Who lent a necklace which I wore.
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Antarctic pilots tell of times
When things are slow, and so they'll find
A penguin colony in climes,
Thousands of them in groupings lined.
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