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What if. . .
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Friday, April 1, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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When we describe some people as artful, we mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving other men on All Fools' Day.


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As it runs, "The greatest art looks like stupidity."

What if all sophisticated schemes of governing

Were to be seized and thrown aside--

The virtue of all mankind would begin to display

Its mysterious excellence. What if the men

Have possessed and employed their power of vision--

There would never be distortion in the world.

What if the men have possessed and employed

Their natural power of hearing--there would be

No distraction at all. What if all the kind men

Have possessed and employed their natural faculty

Of wisdom--there would be no delusions around.

What if the men have possessed and employed

Their good qualities in full--there would be

No depravity in the entire world. What if all

The artful men would display their skills and

Tricks of the trade outwardly, setting the world

In a blaze of admiration and confound it entirely

By praising this with the formal term 'globalizing'

That requires the informal worldwide government,

The final countdown, a method of deadlock,

Has been brought into operation once and for all

Without any questioning "What if...?"

 


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Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
What if human nature didn't have a dark side. . . . ? It's fun speculating "what if", as you have done nicely in this poem. It reminds me of one of my own poems (many months and poems ago) ewntitled "What If We Live As If". John

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on April 1, 2016
I'm somewhat confused with the, "What ifs," that don't seem to mesh well together.

All I can say is that I'm all for "globalizing" and "informal government." The idea of nation states and their ideologies continues to cause friction and wars that do nothing to move humankind forward, like colonialism before. While global corporations are not the answer, true democracy is, if it can be implemented through the use of high technology… What if?

Ron


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