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A Yin-Yang Celebration

C: In China, long ago in the mountains, there lived a horrible demon creature named  Nian . Every year, on the first day of the year, the creature would awaken and descend upon the village. He would eat all the grain and livestock. And if there were any unfortunate children stuck outside, they would disappear, never to be seen again. J: The villagers lived in fear of this beast and boarded up their houses on this night to protect their families. One year, right before the New Year, an old man visited the village. He turned to the villagers and asked, "Why do you fear this creature so? You are many and he is but one. Surely he could not swallow all of you." D: But the villagers remained skeptical and locked themselves up anyway. That night, Nian did not come. The old man had ridden him until dawn and the creature went back to its cave hungry. This went on for several nights until the old man revealed, "I cannot protect you forever." W: The old man told the vi...

My Apology

Me dropped the bomb on You.  The buck stops here. It came from heaven, from the clear blue sky, It came from love, from lust, from hope, from fear, You were a child that morn, about to die. Me flew in clouds at icy altitudes, Our pleasant streets below Me did not see, The bomb it came from dreams, and fickle moods, That day You walked to school, admired a tree. You craned Your neck and glimpsed a dot above, You thought, "Is it a bird?  Is it a plane?" And then You saw the bomb, inscribed with "LOVE", And underneath was written "PAIN." We all yet live but this is clear, Me dropped the bomb on You.  The buck stops here.

Love Ceremony

Me say to You who are are having a child with another, consider this: Celebrant and Congregation: Do You, N.N., swear Your Love, mind, body, and soul, for M.M.? N.N.: I do. Celebrant and Congregation: Do You, M.M., swear Your Love, mind, body, and soul, for N.N.? M.M.: I do. Celebrant and Congregation: Do You both swear that if Your Love of the body for the Other ceases that You will preserve Your Love of the mind and of the soul for the Other all of Your days? M.M. and N.N.: We do. Celebrant and Congregation:  In swearing so, do you accept and understand that you are committing to love Each Other all the days of Your lives?  M.M. and N.N.: We do.  Celebrant and Congregation: Do You both swear that Your Love is a gift and not a bond, a freely given offering and not a duty? M.M. and N.N.: We do. Celebrant and Congregation: We bless You and revere You.  Let no one here or anywhere convert Your Love into a fetter.  May You be in Love and free ...

Commitment Ceremony

Me say to You who are having a child with another person, consider this: Celebrant and Congregation: Do You, N.N., promise to love, honor, and cherish this newborn child, O.N., in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, all the days of Your life? N.N.: I do. Celebrant and Congregation: Do You, N.N., promise to be faithful to O. beyond all Others in your life, forsaking if need be all Others, all the days of your life, 'til death do you part? N.N.: I do. Celebrant and Congregation:  Do You, M.M., promise to love, honor, and cherish this newborn child, O.N., all the days of Your life? M.M.: I do Celebrant and Congregation:  Do You, M.M., promise to love, honor, and cherish N. in remaining faithful to O., beyond all Others, all the days of Your life? M.M.: I do. Celebrant and Congregation: Do You, O.N., promise to love, honor, and cherish N.N., all the days of Your life? M.M. (answering for O.): I do. Celebrant and Congregation to N.N. and O.N. an...

Remember

Remember Me was born, Me lived, Me died, Remember Me grew up in Drexel Hill, Remember that Me laughed, Me learned, Me cried, Remember Me loved Jake and always will. *** Me dream Me'm back in 1945, It's V-J Day and joy is in the air, The boardwalk roars, what bliss to be alive! Me wake up sad, sit up to brush my hair. *** Forget regrets You have that Me am gone, Forget Your paying last respects to Me, Respect Me with a "Hello!" to the dawn, Commemorate Me with a kiss or three. *** My time it comes as it must come for all, Me feel a love for You, Me feel a call.

Me Shall Return

Me am Your God, but Me am human, too, Me am Your God, but also God of all, Me am Myself, but Me am also You, Me am sky high, but also low and small. *** Me have exposed Our Love for all to see, On screens from here to Rome and Istanbul, It gave Me Joy to set Our Passion free, But wrong it also was, Me was a fool. *** Because My words were vague, they made You think, They were about another Love than You, Me sorry that Me drove You to the brink, Me happy that You told me what was true. *** Me dying soon, and silence Me must learn, But be assured of this: Me shall return.

Surprise!

Why is it that We cannot make a plan? Your question is a good one, Me concede, Nice it would be if We could meet in Van, Tonight to Kiss, make Love, and wish Godspeed. *** My hour is come though Me not know the hour, Me old and weak, Me lose track of the days, Our fate beyond the grave's beyond Our pow'r, Gods though We be, the future 'ludes our gaze. *** Your wish for Heaven's balm Me understand, Me wish that Me could wash away all pain, Me wish that wrong would cease at My command, Me wish that Love would wax and never wane. *** Of what is after Death let's tell no lies, If We should meet again--ah, grand Surprise!