What Would It Hurt To Be Ignorant?
I wonder what it would be like
Without a TV or newspaper?
How did the pioneers ever manage
Without instant news
At their fingertips?
I’ve often wondered if we really need
To know all the bad news daily,
Hourly, or minute to minute.
What would it hurt to be
Ignorant of world affairs?
Could we live longer lives
Without the stress of seeing
The world in carnage and sin?
Could we cope with
Peace and serenity?
Could we go about from day to day
Smiling at our fellow man
Knowing that today was ours
And how it turned out would
Not make tomorrow’s headlines?
I kind of doubt that it’s possible,
Not for the youth of today
But there are those among us
Who might find the life of a hermit
To be quite a newsworthy change!
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