Yes, it has been a lovely day up here.
The sun shone warm; the breeze kept all things cool.
The sky was azure blue and crystal clear.
Dragonflies flashed and darted round the pool.
And then the wave of Common Sense blew round
The world. I was out pottering in the garden.
The first I noticed of it was, I found
Motorists on foot, begging people's pardon.
I went in, washed hands, turned on the TV.
In breaking news, the head of a small nation
Was saying, "There's no way on earth that we
Can win the war. Without negotiation,
Surrender on whatever terms they'll give."
Then more news broke; the larger nation's leader
Said, "It was shame to fight them. We can't live
With that disgrace." Astonished, the news reader
Showed chiefs seated together, men going home.
Meanwhile executives of corporations
That had made harmful products, 'neath one dome
All gathered and ingested their creations
Until they all lay dead upon the floor
And willed all that they had to those they'd hurt.
Their products disappeared from every store.
Farmers picked weeds and beetles from the dirt.
My husband then walked in, saying "Of course you
Were right, and I was wrong to disagree."
I said, "That's odd. I see your point of view
Much better now. Have your way; don't mind me."
The news began again. A leftist's meme
Now said "Just work; don't envy 'one percent'."
--Then I awoke. Had it been just a dream?
O Common Sense, come back from where you went!
(The prompt called for poems in everyday language, narrating some ordinary events and at least one thing that could only happen in a dream.)
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