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Jealousy and Envy

Jealousy is crimson Envy is green They can make you vindictive They can make you real mean! They raise up their heads So ugly and cruel At inopportune moments They can make you a fool! You blow up in anger You take a great fit To find you're in error And now must admit! Why do we do it? Why are we prone To fits of frustration When proof is unknown? It has no place In a loving affair So have faith in your partner Give them some air! It will go a long way To a happier time If you trust each other And your hearts are in rhyme! Jealousy is crimson Envy is green They can make you vindictive They can make you real mean! © Jack Ellison 2014

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Carol Eastman

Date: 9/17/2014 12:26:00 PM

Dragon wasn't in the Church's Easter pagent last year! Envy! Jealous! And Oh, So Hurt! But the Church wasn't rebuilt after the bell tower iincident! Now he wants to be the Sun and Planets for Halloween and the Easter Bunny and Eggs in the Easter Pagent! I don't know how the tell him the Easter Pagent isn't about the Easter Bunny. SOOO I got them to be the Easter Bunny and Giant Eggs at the Easter Egg Hunt. They're talking about an Easter Bunny Ballet to do, too. Aren't they clever! And Fun!