I long for a place where Humans have never been <br />Where Nature in all of her natural beauty is seen <br />Away from the loud talk of men full of beer <br />The stories of their lives I'm obliged to hear. <br /> <br />I too am a redneck I talk of football <br />And the great names of sport I can readily recall <br />Of my redneck ways I may never be free <br />And Utopia on Earth I well may never see. <br /> <br />I am tired of loud voices in and out of the bar <br />Of hearing men talk of how marvellous they are <br />The weight of our egos to me it would seem <br />Are carried in the performance of our football team. <br /> <br />Ignorance is bliss one can say that of a cow <br />And if there is a hell I am living there now <br />Utopia on Earth it would suit me fine <br />But the wine that I drink is the cheapest of wine. <br /> <br />I am tired of the bragging of loud mouthed men <br />Who boast of their greatness with a few beers in <br />Suppose we dislike in others what in ourselves we see <br />And it galls me to think they are similar to me. <br /> <br />I long for to live in a place where Humans have never lived in before <br />But no livable place beyond our Earthly shore <br />In the flowering garden only weeds I see <br />And Utopia on Earth it is not meant for me.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/utopia-on-earth/
