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Jan 22Liked by Charlotte Rains Dixon

Thank you Charlotte! I usually include a spontaneous song sketch in my posts 😉 sometimes semi-weird

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Semi-weird is good!

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Oh this is an amazing set of glimmers, Malcolm. Thank you so much for sharing them!

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I gathered a bunch of glimmers from your post, thanks.

I wrote a lyric from a list of rhyming words, starting with A running the alphabet, then B etc.

Everybody needs a little love

The momma cat

now feeding her kittens

The freezing hand

Looking for the mittens

A famished hunter

and his hungry dog

A river pilot

Wrapped in a fog

A moment's glance

to the heaven above

Everybody

Needs a little love

A late night waiter

wiping the table

A forelorn poet

writing his fable

The thirsty tongue

and the quenching drink

The hard time drunkard

detained in the clink

When a gentle nudge

turns into a shove

Everybody

Needs a little love

The bubbling baby

nestled in the cradle

The strung out cook

stirring soup with a ladle

The wistful song

and the curlicue tune

The quiet night

resting under the moon

The cry of an eagle

And tho coo of a dove

Everybody

Needs a little love

No matter if sleeping

on the mattress below

Or having a vision

on the top bunk above

It's painfully obvious

at the tip of the point

Everybody

Needs a little love

Malcolm McKinney 2023

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Jan 22Liked by Charlotte Rains Dixon

Love this song, Malcolm. I want to hear it! Following you (I'm a baby songwriter & improv singer). More to come 🙏🏼

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I look forward to the time you share your songs, Christine!

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Jan 22Liked by Charlotte Rains Dixon

https://heartsquest.substack.com/p/nosey-monkeys-know-best

Here’s a song sketch about getting into other peoples business: “You are not my job.”

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Just went to watch it--very fun!

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Jan 22Liked by Charlotte Rains Dixon

Aww 🥰 thank you so much

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