ABC STARS Inspires

(Tune-"Yellow Ribbons") You came with love! You came in peace! You came to heal! That bitter strife may cease! To help end all oppression! That we may soon be free! For there can be no concession to injustice or tyranny!                                                To injustice or tyranny!         We tied our yellow ribbons along the old Times lane         It's been three long years of exile and pain!         You should have seen our ribbons on that old oak tree---         "Di ka nag-iisa! Bayan ay mahal ka!"         Who's to blame? But them! You didn't see         Our yellow ribbons around that old oak tree! They had you shot! They had you slain! That greed may rule! And men of evil reign! By force and intimidation, heeding but the tyrant's call! Brazen lies beset the nation seeking to fool us all!                                                 Seeking to fool us all!         See the hundred thousands throng the old Time

Many and many days ago, I asked my mother that I may know What the meaning of "family" is. She said, "It's easy to remember this--- "'F" is for 'Father' and 'A' is for 'and' 'M' is for 'Mother', whom God has planned To care for His little ones, Gentile or Jew; So 'I', 'L' and 'Y', are for 'I Love You!'" For God so loved the world He gave us His only begotten Son to save us. And Jesus, too, became a baby And was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Taught by Joseph the carpenter's ways, He grew in age, and wisdom and grace. For rich or poor or mighty or lowly, God made the family happy and holy. So, a family is father and mother Filled with love for one another And loving their children, twenty or three, As God loves teacher and you and me! December, 1994 photo credit: BROTHERLY. via photopin (license) Licens

All things dark and booty-full        All "miracles" great and small All things rank and plunder-full        This "New Society" has them all! A formal Constitution        Approved by show of hands; By voters and non-voters        In parks and grandstands! An Interim Assembly        With ready-made excuse— It can legislate in freedom        On tolerated views! Neither democratic        Nor parliamentary; Neither coming nor going        From "crises" to normalcy! Running the Administration        Are casuals high and low; The test of tenure being        Are you Marcos' friend or foe? A Comelec foreknowledge        Making canvassing passé— The Poll Returns completed        Before election day! The President, the Premier        An Envoy Plenipotentiary A Minister, A Governor        All in one family! The mass manipulation        Of barangay and youth brigades In rites of necromancy        As "Sir's"