PEACE

By Marianne Raynaud

If you want to make progress without wasting your time

Make a list of expressions that do tend to rhyme

It won’t make much difference if you make a mistake

Just make an announcement: "I’ve made biscuits and cake!"

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Make a trip to some country to meet people like us

Make an effort to smile, and don’t make a fuss

Say you love making plans, appointments and such

Making breakfast or dinner doesn’t bother you much

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And if the words that you hear don’t make any sense

Make an effort to answer and do not feel tense

Make lists of exceptions; give your partner a test

Inventing "Review Sheets" is what you like best

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But if you made a bet about what could be right

You’d not make a fortune; I’d pity your plight*

’Cause the rules, they were made a long time ago

So make peace with this language wherever you go

Postscript

They’re doing a show; they’re making such noise

It must be my neighbors, those young college boys

So I’ll make a stop here, since it’s late in the night

You’ll have to do better and keep up the fight*!

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