If I Were in Charge of the World

If I Were in Charge of the World

 

(Form change poem with thanks to Judith Viorst)

 

If I were in charge of the world,

I’d cancel school, vegetables, and also annoying people.

 

If I were in charge of the world,

There would be more candy, more video games, and lots of money.

 

If I were in charge of the world,

You wouldn’t have spiders,

You wouldn’t have veggies,

And you wouldn’t have annoying people.

 

If I were in charge of the world,

Good food last and worse food first would be the rule,

All people would be always rich,

And a person who sometimes was nice and sometimes was messy

Would still be allowed to be

In charge of the world.