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Dispatches for the Colonial Office

                                  Their Candles are All Out


                            “…There’s husbandry in heaven;
                              Their candles are all out...”

                                              -Macbeth II.i.6-7


Good men will tend to see the good in all
When Banquo was aware of the starless night
He saw in that not a lack of light  
But rather the careful conservation of light

And so we see this night, this rainy night
Not as a time of cold and darkness and damp
But an occasion for hearth-gathering the family
For cards, chess, read-alouds, blankies, warmth, peace

Good men will tend to see the good in all
And good must then on all of us befall

i had a funny dream of a place so far away
full of happiness every single day
people wearing smiles everywhere you go
such a lovely place it gave my heart aglow

never ever crying did i ever see
just a lot of people as happy as can be
but it was just a dream a sleeping fantasy
about a land of happiness that brought a smile to me

hope i will dream again of this lovely place
each and every day where a smile upon my face