Changes 2006

Purr, purr purred the macines,
Computing and writing
Programs and schemes,
And the cars and the subways
Were rushing along,
And the streets were all filled
With machines like throngs,
And every single soul had to conform
In order to be part of the norm,
And they hustled and jumped
In mechanical ways,
And their souls and their minds
Were in a perpetual daze,
When suddenly came a man
Who loudly yelled: "FIRE",
And he filled their souls
With human desire,
And he lit a spark
To start conflagrations,
And they burned their machines
All across the nations,
And spirits destroyed
For past generations
Began to feel some
New human sensations,
And there were songs and flowers
And love 'cross the lands,
And strangers met on the streets
Shaking hands,
And eyes looked up
Full of joy at the sky,
And men felt so good,
They thought they could fly.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz