Seated

Have a seat

on the burnt orange hassock 

watch the world

on a 25 inch screen

Explore

 Near and Far

Mr. Hooper's Store

to

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood

The Electric Company

powering the way

over a capital T

in a single bound

Have a seat

on the chipped wooden porch

watch Sunny scamper 

in the front yard

before scooting back

sending

 a single

sliver

deep

in the seat

where only a Grandmother

can fish out

while your mother

holds 

back tears

Have a seat

on your father's lap

curl up close

he will keep you safe

from

every

Emergency!

and the heart beat

flatlining

fear

until

there was no longer

any place for you to sit

So you stand

on your own

until

the service

is about to begin

now please take your seat

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