M in a vicious world-to love virtue <br />A in a craven world-to have courage <br />R in a treacherous world-to prove loyal <br />I in a wavering world-to stand firm <br /> <br />A in a cruel world-to show mercy <br />N in a biased world-to act justly <br />N in a shameless world-to live nobly <br />E in a hateful world-to forgive <br /> <br />M in a venal world-to be honest <br />O in a heartless world-to be human <br />O in a killing world-to create <br />R in a sick world-to be whole <br /> <br />E in an epoch of UNself-to be ONEself<br /><br />Edward Estlin Cummings<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/marianne-moore/
