Fireworks
Fireworks around the globe
Each a brilliant display
Marking end of one calendar,
Another New Years Day
Will this be the year
the rich decide to give
A little of what they have
To help the poor to live
Fill the empty mansions
relieve the constant stres
For least some those on
The streets and homeless
Will tax avoidance reduce
As they decide it’s only fair
The super rich contribute
Their proportionate share
Voluntarily decide to
Do their good deed
So less may exist
In poverty and need.
The world settles down
To a stable lasting peace
As across the whole globe
All conflicts finally cease
The hawk defeated
By the dove
As dreamers dream
And lovers love
Will it also be the year
Pigs, unaided, learn to fly
Politicians rule without
The need to cheat and lie
No I suspect that things
Will stay just the same
More losers than winners in
The fight for survival game
Copyright © Terry Ireland | Year Posted 2024
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