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Unintended Consequences

Everyone wants the world to change today
Why not, when so many people suffer?
Even in this scientific heyday,
Everyone still thinks they’ve got it rougher

And the visionaries with their grand schemes
I hate to sound like a cynical jerk
Ask before you buy into their daydreams:
How can they truly know how it all works?

I think it’s so far above my pay grade
To assume that I alone can mend it
Do you understand how the changes made 
Can cause problems that were not intended?

So, to avoid an unwanted error,
Please first fix the problem in the mirror!

4/10/16
For Contest: If you Could Change the World
Sponsor: Dan Kearley

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Becca Teagan Date: 8/4/2016 9:13:00 PM So many things to ponder in this. Mind boggling, really lol ... but no, you don't sound like a cynical jerk. You sound like a realist. Alone we can't mend it... but we can start by working on ourselves. Very nice, Tom and thank you for participating! Hugs Login to Reply Becca Teagan Date: 8/4/2016 9:30:00 PM Super cute picture too!!! :)

Wendy Rycroft Date: 7/31/2016 11:20:00 AM Congrats on 1st xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/31/2016 7:09:00 PM Thanks!

Alexis Y. Date: 7/31/2016 9:39:00 AM Hi Tom, I agree true change starts with the one we see every day in the mirror. Congratulations on your 1st place win. :-) Alexis Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 7/31/2016 7:09:00 PM Thank you, Alexis!

John Hamilton Date: 4/10/2016 4:48:00 PM 5 of the top experts in all fields of science said there is no solution to any of it climate change world economy...endless war etc..obviously solution comes from a higher source than man. Nice write, good message. Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 4/10/2016 8:38:00 PM Thanks, John!

Daniel Turner Date: 4/10/2016 1:21:00 PM Excellent! I think you made the point I was trying so ineptly to make. Your poem should do very well. Peace my friend:) Login to Reply Tom Quigley Date: 4/10/2016 2:48:00 PM The race to the bottom is on! Daniel Turner Date: 4/10/2016 1:24:00 PM I doubt that! Tom Quigley Date: 4/10/2016 1:22:00 PM Prediction: Your poem will kick my poem's ass. Srsly.