The Day We Saved The World
The day we saved the world
There was cheering in Kabul
Girls in their summer dresses
Free with their noblesses,
Smiles and laughter
In the rubble of Ukraine
Hugs and handshakes in the rain.
Milkshakes and ice cream in Sudan
Not a sign of desperate Dan.
All the Ayatollahs threw off their robes
Shaved their beards and danced.
The Pope sold art from the Vatican
A billion lives enhanced.
Trump destroyed his missiles
Threw a party at the Capitol.
Putin dismantled all his submarines
And that was not all.
The day we saved the world.
The day we saved the world
Musk and Gates fed all the little kids
And moved into a semi
Starmer kissed Thera May
And danced all night with Kemi.
ISIS fighters drank and sang
And everyone was pissed.
Evangelists embraced
Not a soul was missed.
The Ku Klux Klan cuddled babies
A new vaccine against rabies.
No-one ever caught the scabies
The day we saved the world.
There was love-making in the streets
Laughter in the bible belt
Waves of ecstasy were felt.
Sharing all across the planet
No-one had to plan it.
Every creature was revered
Every eye was teared.
All nature no longer alarmed.
As not a hair was harmed.
Every tree was sacred.
Everyone a star.
Nobody tried to make a killing.
Everyone was willing.
Playing tunes on their guitar.
The day we saved the world.
The day we saved the world.
The dawning of a new era.
Nothing could be clearer.
Everybody reborn.
Everybody happy
Nobody left forlorn.
No shit in any nappy.
Plenty food to eat
New friends to meet.
Joy and laughter in the air
All one lovely people
With everything to share.
We disinvented politics.
Unimagined all religion
Worshipped every type of life
From spider to pigeon.
From there on it was perfect
No family subject to neglect.
The day we saved the world.
Opher – 6.1.2024
I stole the title from Ian Dury. I’m reading one of his biographies. He was talking about the rhythm of words and had this as a starting title. I like to think there are shades of Dury in my words. It’s a kind of reasons to be cheerful.
You know, things could have been so much different. If only the gentle and kind ruled the world instead of the violent and greedy.
Just think.
