What good do nation states really achieve
On this all too small ball floating in space
That I now travel, though hard to believe,
At the speed of light when I see your face
On my computer screen? Between my place
And yours is half a world. What’s the difference
Between us and our lands? Let’s not replace
Ethnic, linguistic, cultural variance
With global homogeneity. Once
That’s done then life is poorer. Would we leave
Only one type of bird or fish, no trace
Of lost diversity? But what earth wants,
And peace, is that, together, we unweave
Our borders and our economic race.
Sun 9 Sep 2007
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