How We Speak to the World

Black and White Keys

Let's play by the black and white keys.

Let's dance by the birch trees,

Marked by black incisions on white

Or a calm black day flooded by a white night.

Let's dream that when your best friend fell,

And you did nothing, bidding him farewell,

You did good because you are good

Because you did the things good people should.

Let's remember how you gave white coins

To feed the starving children white tenderloins.

Let's remember how you protested,

Honorable zeal you manifested.

But let's agree that you still can't fall sleep;

For your best friend, in the darkness, you still weep.

Because who said you couldn't cause an upheaval

Or that a good person cannot turn evil?