Can You Imagine

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Can you imagine
A reality show a few years back swapped wives:
volunteers submitted application, exchanged places.

Fascinating psychology observing uprooted reactions:
participants were across the board - culture and races.

Can you imagine a society having annual adult mandate:
for three months all randomly drafted to anonymous locale.

Citizens voted law reasoning love ruled when empathy shared: `
Walking in another’s shoes’ guaranteeing respect basis rational.

A rich, powerful board chairman switches with black busboy:
septuagenarian volunteer mentoring group guides one on one.

Or straight minister exchanges pulpit with homosexual marine:
traits of hubris, arrogance, elitism, prejudice … become undone.

Jane Elliott’s classroom exercise `blue eyed against brown‘:
progressively grew to showcased art in The Eye of the Storm.

Humankind’s innocent always fall prey to historical evil patterns:
murder/wicked schemes/false witness/greed/power… bells mourn.

Throughout ages roles models have risen above the fray:
social conscience fueling exemplary courageous behavior.

Love’s divine empathy sparks angels of our better natures:
rising like the Phoenix transfiguring each one of us a savior.
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