Daily Courage

words and music ©1980 by Howard Kranz

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She spilled coffee on a customer; She saw over his shoulder

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in the paper, about the content of plutonium waste in the air.

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The plant spokesman says, “no danger, for the present.”

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One of the regulars takes her free hand; he says “I hear you’re a dancer.

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I’ll have a donut with my coffee - hey, don’t you know I don’t take cream.”

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It takes so much daily courage to keep going on.

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She goes upstairs; class has started. the dance teacher looks at her blankly.

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It’s a good workout; she’s lost her turnout, still those old aches feel good again.

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But her thoughts dance so much lighter than her body.

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She has a short drink with her lover where the sign says, “Wanted; Dancers.”

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Bums a cigarette - “Weren’t you quitting?” “I need one now and then.”

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Maybe simple daily courage will keep us ready.

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He puts his magazine down by the bedside. She’s at the sink, washing nylons.

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He says, “They’re crazy, with these n-bombs -how long can it go on?”

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He says “I love you, and I know you give me all the love I can handle.

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To be with you, to be in you is all the joy I can hold,

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and you give me daily courage, keep me going on.”