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Ho-ho-ho! A Day Off (from being our regular sElves) for US All,poem inspired by an older fellow who chooses to live outdoors in Great Barrington MA (but sometimes is threatened with jail for trespassing) from about 2015 By Catherine Palmer Paton

on Tue, 06/14/2016 - 21:55

Can't walk on water but can trudge on ice

Seems a bit crazy but is really quite nice,

With a torn signature coat

This soul reminds US-All not to gloat.

Seeing a twinkle in his eye

 We start to wonder why

"Is this his or our choice?"

Do any of us really have a clear voice?

How can we make some noise and 

Ask what's going on for all of us girls and boys?

Is it all about wearing fancy pants, 

Knowing the moves and how to 'really dance'?

What roles can we play in a movie, 

The down-to-earth ones or only ones that are groovy?

 Could we disappear and reappear readily,

 Live on the