here's a toast

here's a toast
Originally uploaded by **Aba**.

"so here's a toast to all the folks that live in palestine, afghanistan,
iraq, el salvador

here's a toast to the folks living on the pine ridge reservation
under the stone cold gaze of mt. rushmore

here's a toast to all those nurses and doctors
who daily provide women with a choice
who stand down a threat the size of oklahoma city
just to listen to a young woman's voice

here's a toast to all the folks on death row right now
awaiting the executioner's guillotine
who are shackled there with dread and can only escape into their heads
to find peace in the form of a dream, peace in the form of a dream"

from Ani di Franco, Self Evident

...cause we've got to smile, no matter what we are talking about.