Editor’s note: 2009 graduate
By Lora Blackwell
Based on the poem “If I Was In Charge of The World” by Judith Viorst
If the World Was Mine
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If the world was mine,
I would veto headaches,
Mathematics,
Sneezes and especially college tuition.
If the world was mine
Everything would be candle-lit,
Tattoos would tickle, and
You could always cut hair back on.
If the world was mine,
There would be no nightmares,
There would be no malice,
There would be no hospitals,
Or “Get well soon.”
There wouldn’t even be illness.
If the world were mine
Playing pranks and being messy would be good behavior,
Everyone would have a theme song,
And a girl who tends to forget birthdays,
And tends to trust too much,
Would still get the chance
To have the world for her own.
Valerie French • Sep 16, 2009 at 10:35 am
I so want to live in that world of yours. “cutting hair back on” is such a neat idea.