[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4663-4664]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           POEM BY ALBERT CASWELL IN HONOR OF ROBIN WILLIAMS

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 19, 2016

  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in memory of the remarkably 
talented Robin Williams, a man who gave the world one of the greatest 
gifts of all--laughter. The following poem was written in his honor by 
Albert Caswell:

            Laugh Until You Die in Memory of Robin Williams

                       (By: Albert Carey Caswell)

     Laugh
     Laugh until you die
     Wipe those tears from your eyes

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     Laugh, laugh until you die
     Because life is far too short to ever ask why
     Robin Williams, was a shooting star so way up high
     So out of this world and in his mind,
     as to new heights he would climb
     So brilliant and so bright,
     soaring ever higher with his mind as he took flight
     Was he really from another planet in time?
     This comet that we called his life
     Laugh until you dies
     As he brought so many smiles
     While, living with his own pain the while
     A man of style and such grace
     With that smile upon his face
     Laugh until you die,
     Cherish every moment we're alive
     As his was a special place,
     As none will take his place or reside
     With his laughter bringing us to tears in our eyes
     Robin Williams was such a genius none will deny
     As everywhere he went,
     His life was filled with the kindness so spent
     With his warm heart as he to tried
     Laugh, yea laugh until you die
     Live life like it's your last night
     And smile with delight so all inside
     For Robin's gift was to bring joy and laughter into peoples 
           lives
     And the ``DEAD POETS SOCIETY'' wasn't really just an act,
     it was the closest thing to real Robin Williams you will find
     Yea, let's laugh until we die
     Yes, he was one heck of a shusbut,
     so Morked out all in time
     So out of this world with his special comedic mind
     So brilliant we can't deny
     Reaching higher than most of us will ever attempt to fly
     So fast and so far and so high
     A natural born comic reacting with his gut in time
     And there wasn't any DOUBTFIRE about Robin being a charming 
           guy
     For he traveled at light speeds
     all in his need to entertain us in time
     And if you ever thought you could catch up to him,
     You were out of your mind
     Because his mind was always in a race,
     Towards laughter at such a pace
     So interstellar,
     so extraterrestrial as time he did not waste
     So out of this world,
     as he added new meaning to Area 51 with his design
     All in the days of our lives,
     When things seemed filled with sadness and strife
     Robin gave the world what she so needed in time
     LAUGHTER, is the best medicine you will find
     Making us forget about our worries and our cares,
     as we laughed until we cried with him there
     And laughter,
     HE MADE IT RAIN
     Coming down in buckets so insane
     Giving back everywhere he went
     Was what his life's work so meant
     ``GOODWILL HUNTING'' was how his time was spent
     Making us smile with laughter wherever he commenced
     So laugh until you die
     And one Robin's special loves so all inside
     Were our men and women of The Armed Forces,
     as half was around the world to them he would fly
     Traveling overseas,
     For their families there was nothing he'd deny
     But his greatest loves of all,
     were his children and his wife we saw
     ``THE WORLD'S GREATEST DAD'',
     His children knew they had
     Now, whenever we say his name,
     our hearts fill with love and such pain missing him so bad.
     Please laugh until you die
     And anyone who's ever done standup will not deny
     Robin was The Clown Prince of Comedy all at speed was this 
           guy.
     For he had the ``HOOK'',
     as ``BACK TO NEVER LAND'' all of us took
     And he could act, as his life was a work of poetry so 
           profound
     And this is why he belongs in The Hall of Fame,
     with all those DEAD POETS SOCIETY he could claim now
     For Robin was a Man For All Seasons,
     and for so many reasons as he made us say ``WOW''
     Whether, on the sidelines with his beloved Niner's,
     he was everywhere so all in time here and how
     Laugh until you die
     Sadly, he must of been one hell of a magician,
     how he kept all his tears of a clown so all hidden
     But Robin's very core,
     was the heart of a child of which will live on forevermore
     Like Peter Pan, this wonderful man
     refused to grow up and that's for sure
     And that is why we should all laugh until we die
     ``GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM'',
     when we hear him say those words we thing of Robin and his 
           smile
     As we watched him perform,
     it was like a NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM as history was being born.
     As he was always so strong to the finish,
     cause like ``POPEYE'' he too ate his spinach
     As ``THE FISHER KING'' he caught our hearts with his smile
     Bringing us to new ``AWAKENINGS'' all the while
     And that's why we should all laugh until we die
     As he was one of ``THE ARISTOCRATS'',
     Kings of Comedy and that's a fact
     Equipped with such ``ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE'',
     oh how he could rap
     And upon the stage, Robin would ``SIEZE THE DAY''
     Watching him, was always ``THE BEST OF TIMES'' we can say
     As not the question we all must ask,
     from his craft ``WHAT DREAMS MAY COME?''
     While, riding in his ``RV'' or on the stage of life he 
           brought such glee
     As now it's all very clear,
     because of his heart he was always the ``MAN OF THE YEAR''.
     But ``THE FINAL CUT'',
     Was so what we all felt when we heard he had died
     As came the tears down upon our face as we asked why?
     Knowing, that no longer on this earth Robin would reside
     And on that day our world got a little bit sadder as we 
           realized
     But he's not really gone
     For he lives on and on,
     in everyone's heart who has seen him perform
     As into future generations they will admire this sensation,
     named Robin Williams living on as out his name they cry
     And if we could all ``PATCH ADAMS'' up our hearts
     And from his memory in all our tears try to start
     TO LAUGH
     By remembering what came from his heart
     All in that laughter which was his TRUE WORK OF ART
     In our hearts
     And laugh until we die
     Because, we all live short lives
  

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