Sending out an invitation <br />to attend a special meeting <br />where astute deliberation <br />is at home, however fleeting <br />as a common, simple act, <br />ergo those who are intact <br />in their cranial cognition <br />carefully weigh their position <br />just before they do attend, <br />those unlikely to offend <br />party crashers uninvited <br />get their little heads excited <br />and they pack their bag of tricks <br />to collect perverted kicks. <br />Since they do not have the brains <br />they can make no real gains <br />in a rational discussion <br />even with applied concussion <br />to the numbskulls that they wear, <br />it won't work, since nothing's there. <br />All exposed and recognised <br />still they act as if surprised <br />isolated by their hate <br />they go into aggro state, <br />hide behind a cedar tree <br />and throw stones at all the free <br />balanced and congenial neighbours <br />hiding bowie knives and sabers. <br />What if God could take the time <br />(after reading this great rhyme) , <br />to come down and tell those souls <br />that they ought to change their goals, <br />that in life what counts is kindness <br />and that bigotry and blindness <br />lead to strife and bitter feelings <br />and that man, in all his dealings <br />with his fellow be a friend <br />which, of course, is just a blend <br />of one's heart and soul combined <br />human beings must be kind <br />only kindness is the key <br />for the spirit to be free. <br />Well, as you know, our God has tried <br />what I suggest, though they have lied <br />while shaking in their boots that day <br />and promising to work and pray <br />their minds were scheming new distress <br />that's why the world is in a mess. <br />And in the end what counts on earth <br />is whether one is good, from birth <br />and stays that way, all without malice <br />it is like 'living next to Alice.'<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/twenty-five-years-next-to-alice/
