If you arrive in a world
That is perfect and nice
Then yes please
Follow our advice
Use our systems
Pass down our things
Climb our ladders
Wear our rings
Ask your father
What he recommends
Learn our mottos
The means justifies the ends
But if you arrive in a world
Where poverty and war are commonplace
Where people hurt the ones closest to them
And those they’ve never met
Where people destroy the very environment that sustains them
Where people are disappointed in their lives and themselves
Where people hate in the name of love
If you arrive in such a world
Please disregard
Our advice
Please throw out
The books we wrote
The books we read
The books we quote
It will be better
We might argue a bit
But be firm
We’ll get over it
If we’ve made a mess
If we’ve met our match
Just say, “Game over!”
And start from scratch
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