In Charge of the World

If I were in charge of the world

I’d cancel grades,

Monday mornings,

Green and black olives, and also

humid Missouri days

If I were in charge of the world

there’d be longer summers,

more pets with homes, and

more time in the day to do what you want.

If I were in charge of the world

you wouldn’t have poverty.

you wouldn’t have lonely.

you wouldn’t have depression.

Or, “You throw like a girl.”

You wouldn’t even have people like that.

If I were in charge of the world,

a Andy’s Boot Daddy concrete with extra

chocolate sauce would be a vegetable.

All Friday Night Light seasons would continue.

and a person who sometimes forgot their manners

and sometimes forgot to laugh,

would still be allowed to be                                                                                               

in charge of the world.