Shelter

 

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Sing Gimme Shelter along with the Stones,
rolling along in their hell
of 60 years ago.
 
But lie down on your sturdy mattress and dream
you're high in the branches of a giant redwood tree
far from the turmoil below.
 
Sing Rock-a-bye Baby on a tree top
The wind cannot shake you, the bough will not break,
You will wake safely up here, my dear.

 

For Mary's prompt "Shelter" at What's Going On? 

 

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