Didee & Didoo – Poem “Hope”

HOPE 


DON’T EVER SAY NOPE

‘CAUSE THERE’S ALWAYS HOPE.

EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE SOAP

YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE HOPE.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE BUG DOPE

DON’T GIVE UP ON HOPE.

IF YOU HANG ON TO A ROPE

YOU’LL ALWAYS HANG ON TO HOPE.

IF YOUR DOGS CAN LOPE

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE HOPE.

IF YOU HAVE TO GROPE

MAYBE YOU’LL FIND HOPE.

YOU CAN FIND WAYS TO COPE

THEN YOU’LL HAVE HOPE.

I’VE BEEN TO FORT GOOD HOPE

AN’ I RETURNED WITH GOOD HOPE

IF THEY DON’T DRILL IN THE NORTH SLOPE

OUR CARIBOU WILL HAVE HOPE.

AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE POPE

HE’LL ALWAYS GIVE US HOPE.

Allan Benjamin is a cartoonist from Old Crow, Yukon.

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