If we were all alike, what a dreadful world 'twould be! <br />No one would know which one was you or which of us was me. <br />We'd never have a 'Skinny' or a 'Freckles' or a 'Fat,' <br />An' there wouldn't be a sissy boy to wear a velvet hat; <br />An' we'd all of us be pitchers when we played a baseball match, <br />For we'd never have a feller who'd have nerve enough to catch. <br /> <br />If we were all alike an' looked an' thought the same, <br />I wonder how'd they call us, 'cause there'd only be one name. <br />An' there'd only be one flavor for our ice cream sodas, too, <br />An' one color for a necktie an' I 'spose that would be blue; <br />An' maybe we'd have mothers who were very fond of curls, <br />An' they'd make us fellers wear our hair like lovely little girls. <br /> <br />Sometimes I think it's funny when I hear some feller say <br />That he isn't fond of chocolate, when I eat it every day. <br />Or some other fellow doesn't like the books I like to read; <br />But I'm glad that we are different, yes, siree! I am indeed. <br />If everybody looked alike an' talked alike, Oh, Gee! <br />We'd never know which one was you or which of us was me.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-world-and-bud/
