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The Great Return

Let's bring it back; let's go back
To that sweet, old thing we now lack

Make it great again, go back again
Let's start right away; let's begin

Back to organic maple syrup over Mama's hot, buttermilk flapjacks
And Daddy's Saturday morning tutorials on how to change the oil and how to use a scissor jack

A return to strangers saying 'hello' to strangers in passing
Souls offering sincere pleasantries that are warm and long-lasting

Let's take a trip back to Mayberry
With some good old-fashioned Andy, Aunt Bee, and Barney

Back to decency, respect, kindness, and hospitality
A good, wholesome place; a good space of love and integrity

Let's go back far away from the masks and the distant, cold stares
Back to sharing a sandwich at lunch and car ride shares

For too long, we've sat lonely in a sunken place
Such a cold, dark, and constricted space

Let's go back, let's revisit, let's taste that lost sweetness
That wholesome, rich thing that's bustling with goodness

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