because today big bird told me to:

sing... sing a song...
sing out loud... sing out strong...

sing of good things...
(spice cookies and milk)
(the flowers on our kitchen table)
(shelter)
(Netflix)

not bad...
(faraway family)
(that no matter who wins the election, the other half of the country is spittin' mad for four years)
(machiavellian reality tv)
(25-foot walls)
(hurricane debris)
(pettiness)

sing out happy...
(a decade of marriage)
(when my daughter puts her face close to mine)
(6839 curiosities served)
(one breath)
(and then another)

not sad...
(Baghdad)
(Beslan)
(Darfur)
(AIDS orphans)

sing... sing a song...
make it simple to last your whole life long...
(and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make)
(i am human and i need to be loved, just like everybody else does)
(you can stand here and agonize 'til agony's your heaviest load)
(she asks me why, i smile and say, it's a way of, way of praying)

don't worry if it's not good enough for anyone else to hear
just sing? sing a song.


sing your song!