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The Empires That Might Have Been
“The empires of the future will be empires of the
mind.”
-attributed to Winston Churchill
Empires of the mind – what a glorious dream
A world of laboratories and libraries
Of beauty through truth, music, words, and art
The free exchange of ideas and discoveries
Ministers of state might have launched missives, not
missiles
In polished meter instead of heavy prose
And the worst of enemies would have shared
Champagne and verse on a veranda at dusk
While their children scampered in search of fireflies
Then giggled secrets on the porch of St. Michael’s Church
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