What a World
In this world, at birth!
A newborn must cry.
If he fails to,
The matron will spank hard at
His sticky wet buttocks.
Never stopping till he screams.
And the light comes to our faces
And the baby is stunned.
What a world!
The little boy goes to school
And the teacher, rod in hand,
Is waiting for him.
He must learn lessons
He will never forget in life.
He is a man now
With the yoke of living
On his shoulders.
He looks ahead to see
Old age and death
Beckoning continuously,
Constantly at him.
Yet he presses on
Toward the cold arms of eternity
Wondering!
What a wonderful world.
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