Anti-Anti-Any(Every-)thing

Anti-Anti-Any(Every-)thing

It's so easy these days

to be anti-

anything (everything).

Our current culture's

overcome with skepticism,

criticism, negativism, but

what we could really use is

more "for", fewer "against".

Just you scout out some-

one (anyone) seeking

to float a balloon of hope

and you'll find hordes

of people, pumped up,

hoping only solely

to pop it, to stop it

before it takes flight, but

that just leads us nowhere.

Mother Teresa had it right:

Positivity gets you places,

(and Mr. Rogers knew how

to get from here to there:

"Look for the helpers.")

We just need to look for

(to find, to become)

those helpers

(those do-ers, do-gooders,

the gal Fridays, and

right-hand-men)

who'll help put the world

back together again.

So, thank you, Burt Bacharach,

(what the world needs now

IS love), and also perhaps, 

(it certainly wouldn't hurt)

a plentitude of Pollyannas. 

PSC/ 2018-Nov