Live out Loud

I'm going to start the activity now

I'm folding some clothes like you asked

I'll start with this pressed and starched turtleneck

And then I'll move on to the slacks

This shirt is a cotton/polyester blend

With an intricate stitching design

Watch as I fold it delicately and put it away for a long, long, time

This shirt was my newly late husband's

Like tonight, he took his last breath

A turtleneck was all he ever wore

It's fresh, the shirt, and his death

I will handle all his paperwork and plan a memorial and then

Darling, Carl, I'm getting on a plane

Say goodbye to a life that's been so purgatorial

And live my life out loud for a change

Find a place where I can finally have my own identity

I'll fly till I know that I'm out of range

Find a place where I'm not watching from the sidelines silently

And live out loud for a change

Oh, I'm sorry Carl, I think I got a little carried away

Never worry

Oh yes, I'll store them in this rolling suitcase

And unzip the zipper like so

I'll take these new clothes loading in

Look, Carl, I made a rainbow

And instead of all these sweaters I will substitute a swimming suit

And sunscreen and sunglasses carefully arranged

Say goodbye to a life that is dollars short of destitute

And live my life out loud for a change

Find a place where I can finally have my own identity

I'll fly till I know that I'm out of range

Find a place where I'm not watching from the sidelines silently

And live out loud for a change

Whoo! Ha, ha, ha

Oh yeah baby, I'm free

Come on Carl

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, ooh, yeah

Ooh

Find a place where I can finally have my own identity

I'll fly till I know that I'm out of reach

All at once I see a bigger, better life in front of me

All the histrionics leave me catatonic

Next flight out I'm on it

Pour the vodka tonic

And live out loud for a-

And live out loud for a change