People with intact eyes, yet appear blind; <br />Peop1e with alert ears seem not to hear; <br />People with intact nose, no sme11 can find; <br />People with every joy appear to tear. <br /> <br />People are cheats and cheat themselves all life; <br />People tell lies to men and to themselves; <br />People well-off, appear to be in strife; <br />People are bad and appear worse than Elves. <br /> <br />The world is bad and so people turn bad; <br />The world isn’t true and so people are not; <br />The world is mad and so people turn mad; <br />The world's a show and people simply plot. <br /> <br /> And people waste their time and waste others'; <br /> And people aren't true to their own brothers.<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-the-world-today-14/
