20/20 Vision
Eschewing
hindsight and looking forwards
To see such
a world in which TV news
Isn’t mainly
bombed-out buildings or views
Of squalid
camps, crowded alleys and yards
Teeming with
desperate refugees. Instead
There will be
universal reports
Of abandoned
border posts and passports,
And no
minefields where travellers fear to tread.
A worldwide
commonwealth finally beckoned,
Meeting needs,
not profit margins, too few,
Advocates
have thought was long overdue:
Cooperative advantages reckoned.
An
impossible vision? When really
The
imperative is to see clearly.
D. A.
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