of the universe you are the center
it is your kingdom they must enter
if you decide that they can live
that is in your power to give
this message gave me hope
that i was not just some mope
that people were right to despise
and to fame would never rise
i proceeded down the street
with a new bounce in my feet
but suddenly i was not alone
a gentleman with a microphone
said, i don’t want a nickel or a dime
but just a moment of your time
if you could spare a few words
for the members of the human herd
now that you are the ruler of the world
with your teeth so white and your hair so curled
will you allow humanity to flourish
or do you in your heart still nourish
an implacable hatred of the miserable race
that has punched you in the face
and knocked you down
and on your face put a permanent frown
or will you find it in your heart
to give the planet a new start -
as the man with the microphone continued to blather
a crowd around me began to gather
and then the people in the crowd
started to chant my name aloud
and all their faces began to blend
into a road that had no end
and i was walking down the road
toward a sun beginning to explode
and then awoke to my true story -
a rat in a laboratory
professor smith smiled down at me
little fellow, i’m glad to see
you looking bright this happy morn
are you not glad that you were born?
