Cicada

Everybody knows you're out -
   Cicada!
There's no reason we should be afraidya.
In that quiet choir underground
Mute, not cute, you never made a sound.
Now your song is too intense,
   Cicada.
Not your fault.  It's just the way God madeya.
You never knew there was a sky
But still you start right up to fly!
You are much more brave than I, Cicada.

Now your teen-age birthday's here, Cicada!
Sing your song so loud and queer, Cicada!
Shocking changes come into your life,
Never mind, you rise above the strife.
To sing your song
You don't have long, Cicada!

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Written by Pat Bever and published in the
_Webster-Kirkwood_Times_ and the _Amazing!_
Grace_Reporter_, July 30th, 1998.

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