What Five Hundred Million Dollars Would Do

I'd build creative writing, art, sculpture, music centers in 500 towns.
To benefit any students aged 7 to 18 who wanted to utilize the facilities.
I would hire art teachers who love art for art’s sake.
Our music teachers would be extremely child-friendly and patient.

These centers would be open before and after school.
Children could be dropped off in the morning to create.
They would have the freedom to write poems, songs, raps or stories.
Also utilize canvases, paints, glitter glues, and make masterpieces.

Singers and dancers would have a soundproof stage across campus.
They could access all equipment necessary to make videos and films.
They could enlist the help of the staff who would appear in their videos.
Teach them how to do what they wanted to do.

Encouraging creativity in the youth of the day could bring us peace.
It could satisfy some of their basic needs of being accepted and loved.
It could help them feel respected and give them a career goal.
People who love their lives make life easier and nicer for others.
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Hankins Avatar
January 16, 2022 at 10:11 AM
You are so right on here, Caren. I particularly loved the last stanza which is an outline for making our world a better place. It stands quite well alone!
Krutsinger Avatar
January 16, 2022 at 4:34 PM
I appreciate it. I entered this into a contest about what you would do with 500 million dollars and got no prize at all.
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