let’s say a year



a year

let’s say a year

a year of peace on Earth

to try

then come back

in a year

to talk about

how it went

how it goes



we might learn

say

that war

is bad for the economy

though the bullet-

and missile-

manufacturers

might disagree



we mean learn

that keeping up

our homes

is better

when our homes

are actually

up



we might enjoy

green spaces

beneath unimpeded

blue



or we might

work so very hard

on the other things

that worry

us

(like wool)

and sometimes destroy us

parts of us

all of us



we might make safer airplanes

and what goes

on the road

we might go

on the roads ourselves

to seek a peaceful journey



match the tone

of the time

set down what we

hear and see and smell and taste

and touch

set something down

to share

via the summit

later



we might learn

that we like this state

and that we like

this place

this way



we might go for

another year

or let explode

all things behind the barriers

that could explode

explode

and go to war

in small

destroying ways

like infiltrating

toadstools

or have an armageddon

between nations

letting in

militias

and weaponed gangs

as well



and fight officially

or with a sense

of random

‘til it all be done

except

it’s never done



or

as was said

we could go for

a second year

of peace

and in that time

upbuild

the rest



but for now

how about

a year

let’s go for a year



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