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Hello out there in Wonderland
Where trees grow tall and skies are blue
Where the ocean's waves caress the sand
Where you love me and I love you.

Hello out there in cities clean
With streets of gold and fresh air to breathe
With clear blue streams and grass so green
With space to roam from sea to shining sea.

Hello out there where men are free
Where sin is gone and evil flees
Where cherry blossoms on a tree
Bare their innocence to humming bees.

Hello out there where fights are few
Where people may choose where they go
Where wars are gone and Peace is new
Where happy voices sing high and low
In all keys and in all tongues
With all shades of skin
Where flowers bloom both night and day
Where lonely people may find company
Where everyone is proud to be himself
Where young and old may communicate
Where no one worries about being late
Where men with sticks forget their foe
Where people don't know all there is to know

Hello out there in Wonderland ...
Please let me in.

D. H. EMERSON