
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">Equality Wish</span><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">(author unknown)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">True equality is what is wished for</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But what if you really opened that door</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">What would be on the other side?</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I’m not sure we’d enjoy the ride</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Individuality dies with equality</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">There are no choices you see</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">If everyone has to have the same things</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No one gets to win the brass ring</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No more people like you and people like me</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">If the same is all we ever get to be</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The same model car and the same clothes</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The same old food in the same homes</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The same haircut and the same color</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Or we are all clean shaved so much the duller</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The same education for everybody</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">You’re paid the same as anybody</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Sports would all end in a tie</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">If there still played at all… sigh </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No more winners, No more losers</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No choices so no choosers</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">There are no differing opinions you see</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">When you’re a victim of true equality</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No reason to strive </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">There is no ladder to climb</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No reward for hard work</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Are you feeling the irk?</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No matter what, you cannot get ahead</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It’s almost as if you are full of lead</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But that just it, no ahead to get</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">When everyone gets what everyone gets</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The Thought police are out in full force</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No one is married or there is no divorce</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No kids at all or everyone has 2</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">There is no longer me and no longer you</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">When equal society is the important thing</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Everyone gets to feel every sting</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Orwellian yes</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But truth none the less</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The only people different are the ones in charge</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">While everyone suffers they live it large</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">They get to decide how much you’re alive</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">And they can tell you 2+2=5</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So how does this strike you?</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Will that work for you too?</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I’m not a fan </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Of this little plan</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Because not everyone is the same </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">No matter what people will claim</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We don’t think the same thoughts</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We don’t call the same shots</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Not even twins are exactly the same</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">And if we all were, what a boring game</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Just a bunch of clones, going nowhere</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Just dull and drab, no bling and no flair.</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Yet that is what current society prescribes</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Even though were all from different tribes</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">If we ever achieve true equality</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Remember sometimes wishes end badly.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>