I want the world to always be ridiculous.
\nTo put its shirt on backward.
\nTo be unforgivable but kind.
\nI want to discover a city on the moon,
\nshow children where fairies live,
\nwrite books called facts that never were.
\nWatch balls bounce down instead of up.
\nSell homemade caves for bats.
\nInvent a gun that shoots backward.
\nLet kids play sports outside
\ninstead of on TV.
\nInvent games everyone can play.
\nCotton candy football, puffball soccer,
\nping-pong golf, short stuff basketball.
\nNewspapers be rinsed everyday before delivery.<\/p>\n
I want the world to declare a holiday
\nfrom violence.
\nDoing it, reading it, watching it,
\n365 days a year.
\nCourses be taught in school,
\nhow to use nonsense in a good cause,
\nand not find a reason for everything.
\nThat intelligent design is for dummies.
\nThat infinite care be taken
\nnot to step on ants,
\nand wait for centipedes to catch up.
\nIn other words,
\nhow to be strong enough, smart enough,
\nwise enough,
\nto be silly, like the universe itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I want the world to always be ridiculous. To put its shirt on backward. To be unforgivable but kind. I want to discover a city…<\/p>\n