Thursday, October 12, 2017

Everybody Wants

Everybody wants to end conflict
                            As long as it's ended 
                                      On their terms

Everybody wants everyone 
                            To be educated
                                      As long as everybody learns 
                                      What they want them to learn

Everybody wants everybody 
                            To get enough to eat
                                       As long as they're eating 
                                       What they want them to eat

Everybody wants everyone 
                            To be treated with respect
                                      As long as they 
                                      Are respectful enough to understand 
                                             Their place

Everybody wants everybody 
                            To be able to earn a decent living
                                      As long as it doesn't disrupt the                                                Hierarchy of the workplace

Everybody wants everyone
                            To be regarded as equal
                                      As long as they know that means 
                                      You have work your way up to being                                               Equal

Everybody wants everybody 
                             To figure it out
                                           As long as the way they figure it 
                                           Is in line with their thinking

Everybody wants everyone 
                            To be free to speak their mind
                                             As long as they watch 
                                             What they say when they are                                                             Freely speaking

Everybody wants everybody 
                            To find a god they can believe in
                                          As long as that god is the same 
                                          As the one they believe in

Everybody wants world peace
                                          As long as it's peace the way 
                                               They want it

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