Connecting the Unconnected

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If I had a magic wand,

I'd connect the scruples 

of a Monsanto CEO

with his conscience,

a logging executive

with the state of the ozone,

a canned hunter with the pain 

of the creature he shoots,

and every baby seal  hunter

with the impact of his club.

I'd send every able pair of hands outside

to pick up litter, plant trees and food,

feed the homeless,

and rescue suffering animals.

If I had a magic wand,

I would wave it towards the ocean,

and direct all the ships

to the floating garbage dumps,

mandated to pick up

what debris they could.

I would abolish any thought of coal mining

on the Great Barrier Reef

(because that would be insane!)

prohibit clearcutting, oil sands development,

and fracking, 

and the infamous oil pipeline

would no longer happen.

Emissions from industry would be 

drastically reduced by legislation,

like, yesterday! -

and - novel idea -

the rich would pay more taxes

than the poor.

If my wand was powerful enough,

I would reverse global warming,

stop the rise of water along coastal shores,

and put Band-Aids over

all the owies on earth

so they could heal.

My wand would connect every person's brain

to his heart, and every heart

would feel its connection to the earth

and every other creature.

Soon, we would be a planet of villagers.

Connection would replace disconnection.

The blinders would fall off

and every CEO would directly feel

the consequences of his decisions.

And there would not be 

enough money in the world

to staunch his pain.

for Claudia's cool prompt at dVerse: connecting the unconnected