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Samba band player at a bushfire fundraiser event, Canberra
Samba band player at a bushfire fundraiser event, Canberra

Laugh, dance, be silly,
for expression is freedom
and music, an aide.

Is a song

This way or that
all ways are right
as fluid as gender
not rigid as religion
both lengthy and short
some symmetric and not
home to the iambs and i ams
tolerant of unknown licenses
inclusive of worldly cultures
comments sensible or otherwise
the backbone of every tradition
is a song, a poem, a hearty welcome

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Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Chicago
The Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, Chicago

Injecting passion

music, the tranquilliser

into broken souls