The best of all possible worlds
Weighed among a universe of many
A world of harsh scarcity
In galaxies of both emptiness and plenty
I will take this
It is all I’ve got
We will create this
From something it is not
My optimistic friend
That’s just
Foolish magical thinking
Caused by too many fairy tales
And excessive drinking
My negative compadre
That’s just
An invasive thought
We can make this world better
If we give it all we got
Oh your dreamy wishes
The tools we have are many
Limited by the willingness to work of few
But a garden never tended
Come spring will not renew
Such fearful attitude
That’s just
Plain wrongheaded
It’s the world we’ve got
Why dread it?
Always over reaching
That just too much positivity
The world is clay and layers
Not just what you can see
So it goes with me
Candide and Pangloss
Fates tied together
Realizing there are more
Storms still to weather
Gene G. McLaughlin 2020
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