If I Were in Charge of the World

(a form change poem with thanks to Judith Viorst)

 

If I were in charge of the world,

I’d cancel homework, squash, and also sin.

If I were in charge of the world,

there would be more ice cream, more free remote-controlled cars, and more free B.B. guns.

If I were in charge of the world,

You wouldn’t have school,

You wouldn’t have to clean your room,

And you wouldn’t have people bossing you around.

If I were in charge of the world, ice cream would be a balanced meal.