"If"

"If"

If mice ruled men on Mars in candy jars.

Jails had no bars. 

There weren't any cars.

No SARS.

What if the world fails.

Heads and no tails?

No beach pails.

A gust of wind without sails?

If I made love on Neptune?

Winter had no June?

If morning has no noon?

If telephones wouldn't ring?

Fish could sing?

A stab had no sting?

If people had no hair?

If life was fair.

If water was air?

If a desk was a chair.

If an orange was a pear?

If you could slide up a stair?

You could win on any dare?

I turned out to be a chestnut mare?

If dollars made any sense?

If sixpence was a pound?

If silence could make a sound?

If the world was round?

By Jonathan Billet