Working for peanuts....with love

A tribute to Charles Schultz....that I sent to him three days before he died . . ' _ ~~~ No more comments from the Peanuts Gallery old Charlie Brown is blue Cause his little red-haired Girl has dyed now her ink black roots show through ~ poor Snoopy's finally been shot down that Red Baron is an ace and we'll miss the little boy beneath the dirt on Pigpen's face ~ Scchroeder's played his final tune it's called, "Beethoven's Last Rerun vanished on his Mom's bike into the distant past ~ Peppermint Patty once again is just a restaurant treat It helps dilute the bitter taste that fate has made us eat ~ Lucy's been left speechless!! once a shrink, now she's been shrunk and dear Linus left his blanket insecurely, in a trunk ~ The Great Pumpkin's just been revealed as another dream that's squash while the comic strip where Chuck's gang played sports a new coat of whitewash ~ Woodstock was snatched right from mid-air by a sneaky cat, named "Scan" what that cat...Scan has uncovered broke the hearts of every fan ~ Little Sally's smile is crooked now Happiness has been retired but you are a good man, Charles Schultz and you leave us all inspired ~ Sure...The Peanuts gang will have a place in history they'll survive But there are some fun things we can do to keep thier memories alive! ~ Let's go fly a kite, but just make sure, it's eaten by a tree Let's all teach our dogs to dance, and share a Peppermint Patty let's all learn to play piano, then belt out, "Lucy in the sky." let's all feed the birds, and maybe someday Woodstock will fly by ~ let's make friends with folks like Franklin leaving hatred far behind us then we all can sleep securely 'neath our blankets, Just like Linus ~ Let's all Sally forth, and Rerun how life was when we were small Finding happiness is easy it is just beyond that wall ~ It's a wall made up of Blockheads it's been standing now for ages break it down with love, and laughter "Let's go back to funny pages!!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Artis ~ "Peanuts" by Charles Schultz-(c)1999-United Features Syndicate Inc. Written February 18th, 2002 © on Feb 18 2002 03:12 AM PST   0 • 14