Imagine a World
Imagine a world — we’ve all heard those words,
and some imagine themselves, only better.
Some conjure visions of life with pet
dinosaurs, flocks of gentle dragons, herds
of unicorns. Some imagine the smell
of burning flesh, maybe their own, while some
build a wall of certainty from a jumble
of bunk, whatever the TV tells
them. Some seldom imagine anything
at all. Some claim that night is day,
right is wrong, topsy is turvy, the pen
is just another sword. Some don’t know how
to imagine, but wish they could. Some say:
Imagine the world we live in right now.
© Michael Fleming
Dummerston, Vermont
June 2022
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