WAR Poem: World Peace, by Jacqueline Rich

Focus on something smaller
Something fixable
Don’t try to tackle world peace
That’s much too difficult

Unobtainable
A non fruitive dream
Yet, I’m supposed to hurrah
At the basic, unsubstantial little things?

Watch the news, Your Vote Counts!
Why can’t you see the bright side?
Focus on the things we can change.
You know, our section of the world is doing just fine.

Fine!

March soldiers into foreign territory.
Burn and pillage arbitrary lands.
Declare war on a country too small to disagree.
Is everything better now?
Are we at peace?

No, that’s much too difficult