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Look Both Ways

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Pangloss is partially

Correct: we should work

In our gardens

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And if we have no gardens

And if our neighbors’ gardens

Suffer wilting

Or a fire,

If the gardener is suffering

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Well, this is where

Pangloss is wrong

And Voltaire’s cynicism

Doesn’t serve

For we must turn

Toward the peril,

Loaning our muscles

And our tools

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We must repair

So that a land of gardens is

Healthy

And whole

And providing

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C L Couch

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U.S. Capitol Building, First Street Southeast, Washington, DC, USA

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