In a Perfect World
IN A PERFECT WORLD
Professional athletes and teachers swapped salaries,
Prisons now are places one wants to avoid,
Art is now rotated among the world’s galleries
So it can be appreciated, noted, and enjoyed.
Chocolate only has a quarter of the calories,
And only those who so choose can be called unemployed.
Politicians work two terms, then go back to their jobs,
Which works because every citizen now votes.
Nobody ever cheats, lies, steals, or robs,
Because society now integrity promotes.
Watterston goes back to drawing Calvin and Hobbes
And teenagers return to the sowing of wild oats.
Poets are lauded like rock stars once were,
Student memorizing their latest quatrains,
Riding in limos, with liveried chauffeur,
Drinking the world finest champagnes.
Why, thank you for the compliment monsieur
The French still the world’s culture maintains.
But the one thing that would make this world perfect
The one wish my spirit most wants to impart -
Lovers would never their lives or families neglect -
Never in anger or deceit would they depart
Two hearts, once committed, never disconnect
When caring and sharing are perfected as Art.
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Shared with those perfect specimens over at DVerse Poets for Open Link Night.
©2014 Christopher Reilley
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In a perfect world - love would be the key to true happiness ~ Truedessa
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ReplyDeleteParadise indeed Chris, paradise indeed. 🙂✌🏼
ReplyDeleteIf only, Chris. Especially art rotated among the world’s galleries and chocolate with only a quarter of the calories – and sugar. I’ve tried diabetic chocolate and it’s nowhere as nice as Galaxy or Cadbury’s. Not sure I’d wanted to be lauded like a rock star, though, just appreciated is enough,
ReplyDeleteI can see a perfect world, but once I start to elaborate I am not sure it would be better... but it would be good to see some boundaries
ReplyDeleteA beautiful dream. I wish! (I laughed about Calvin and Hobbes.)
ReplyDeleteA beautiful world. If only........
ReplyDeleteA Utopia that like most Utopias will remain as a thought experiment but a truly beautiful one, Christopher...
ReplyDeletePeople would simply have to define "love" in a more mindful way. Being aware that the hormone reactions fade fast, they'd recognize them as almost an opposite to love, hide them as if ashamed (although of course nobody would be ashamed of *having* hormones), and focus on the search for a synergistic partner in the work they most enjoy doing. That "heart--feelings" kind of "love" actually comes from lower down, and never lasts. The "head--thoughts" kind makes people Partners For Life.
ReplyDeleteSo it's actually doable, if we just broke that bad old habit of confusing lust with love.
Jeez, what a godwonderful world this would be. I especially love the first stanza (the first line) and think voting should be a mandatory civic duty. Amen
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