\u201cSend me word that he has come back,\u201d<\/p>\n
Said the prodigal son\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdmittedly, he often gets way off track,<\/p>\n
Blows off steam easily and hasn\u2019t any tact,<\/p>\n
Yet his return is worth the bother.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cSend me word that he has come back,\u201d<\/p>\n
Said the much-aggrieved son\u2019s dad.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe spent his share from what I had.<\/p>\n
For he\u2019s not much for filial piety and duty,<\/p>\n
Instead, going after fast living and booty.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cSend me word that he has come back,\u201d<\/p>\n
Said a most-proper patriarch.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny criticism is off the mark.<\/p>\n
For P.C. and woke I can\u2019t be.<\/p>\n
if I ask for much, he’ll flee..<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Send me word that he has come back,\u201d<\/p>\n
Said the prodigal son\u2019s father.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s back, come Hell or high water.<\/p>\n
Kill the fatted calf and make amends<\/p>\n
I\u2019d like to see his familiar grin.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
From a planet \u201cscarcely bigger than a house\u201d<\/p>\n
The Little Prince has now returned<\/p>\n
From a foreign land\u2019s temptations<\/p>\n
To where he once called his home.<\/p>\n
\u201cSend me word that he has come back.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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