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The play-on-words and title here are a bit of an homage to one of my favorite sci-fi short stories, "To Serve Man", written by Damon Knight and made into an episode of The Twilight Zone many years ago - as tongue-in-cheek as my little story ... if you're familiar with it, you'll see what I mean. ;-)

To rule the world would take a Very long time, I would think ... I mean, to measure the entire Planet in segments of 12 inches, One foot-at-a-time, would take Months, if not longer! And how Do you measure the ocean with A ruler?!? That's just craziness, And far too much to ask of anyone, In my opinion. You'd have to have A very accurate GPS system to Help you, cuz you can't just make A mark on the ocean and then Move the ruler along another foot, Can you? And what if there's a Building in the way, or a mountain, Or a million other things that Could be interfering? Do you find A way to move them and then Put them back? How do you Move a mountain and then Replace it? But you'd really HAVE to in order to do it right, Cuz you need a flat surface to Measure anything accurately ... You can't lay a ruler on a curved Surface and get a true measurement. You know, though, you COULD Use a yard stick, and that would Speed things up quite a bit. I mean, That would go three times as fast As using a ruler, but then that's Not technically "ruling" the world, That's more like "yard-sticking" The world, but I think it still might Qualify, when you get down to Semantics ... Just plain too much Work and too many unknowns ... But I think Donald Trump could do It, AND get Mexico to pay for it! (Wink, wink, wink) ;-) ** 1st Place in the "Rule the World Poetry Contest", Silent One, Sponsor **

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Date: 5/2/2017 3:33:00 AM
Oh, and collaboration, if you ever feel like it? Always :)
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Date: 5/2/2017 3:31:00 AM
Only seeing this now, my friend. Congratulations on your placement :)
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Date: 3/15/2017 7:12:00 PM
...what a clever piece, so well thought out... a 'brain teaser' to be sure :-) math was never my strong suit, though the twilight zone is a classic. ...great ending..a wild, fun read :-) blessings, lynn
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 3/16/2017 7:01:00 AM
Thank you so much, Lynn ... very happy that you enjoyed my odd perspective and sense-of-humor!! Had fun with this one! :-)
Date: 3/15/2017 9:21:00 AM
Hi Greg. This piece had me laughing the whole way through. Very well thought out and written it was an enjoyable piece of work no doubt. being a Donald Trump supporter I have to say that last line had me in stitches. I think it would be great to collaborate on a poem with you someday Thank you for sharing Greg.
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 3/16/2017 6:59:00 AM
Thanks so much, Edward - very pleased you enjoyed my odd sense-of-humor - somebody GETS me, haha! Would also be up for a collab - mail me, my friend!

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