Natural Universe

You never want to go anywhere

seeing as how you hold

what foolish nonsense a dance be.

But this time you’re going, by God,

so put on your best;

You’ll ride up front with me.

Can’t you feel the excitement from

over the ridge?

Why it’s a county social

for the great Independence Day.

Don’t start groaning

'bout how silly people get at these.

Just keep quiet

if you’ve got nothing good to say.

Yes, there’s Mr. Purdy

dancing on his one good leg.

Ain’t it a sight to see?

No, I don’t think it queer

at all;

It’s natural as can be.

Yeah, I can hear the boys

out in the woods,

sounds like they’ve had

a bit too much.

But don’t you go gettin’

high and mighty bout’ that,

they deserve a day off

from their hard work.

Poor Ms. Penelope

it’s her one day out,

she’s been in that chair

most her life.

It’s a day her whole

family’s been getting together

and this is the big night.

It’s all these people

I brought you here to see.

Some of them you

hardly know.

They’re more than local gossip

for some twitching tongue

to cast disapprobation upon.

Well?  Don’t you see what I mean?

Just take a look over-head,

See how the stars tend to

congregate in clusters and constellations,

never on their own.

It’s natural universe, man.

To be here tonight

amid all these shining lights

as above the stars attract each other

in lonely void.

Clustered in constellation

here on Earth

we fill the emptiness

and comfort our hearts

with music and kind word.

So gather all

in circle dance

and square dance

forsake that lonely place,

And feel the natural tending

of universe

to filling of all-space.