What is Okay?
Modern society says
"If it feels okay do it
If it looks okay take it
If it doesn’t look okay camouflage it
If it sounds okay believe it
If it ridicules what is okay join it
If it stands up for what is okay disown it
If it appears okay grab it
If it burns okay smoke it
If it thrills okay inject it
If it smells okay sniff it
If it doesn't smell okay accuse somebody of it
If it could be okay believe it
If for others it is okay gossip about it
If it tastes okay eat it
If it fizzes okay drink it
If it moves okay follow it
If it doesn't move okay push it
If it may be okay try it
If it may not be okay try it anyway
If it is okay criticise it
If it isn’t okay challenge it
If it can’t be okay question it
If it can be okay disbelieve it
If everyone thinks it is okay steal it
If it fits okay spoil it
If it doesn't fit okay force it
If it grows okay stifle it
If it said to be okay ignore it
If it might be okay leap at it
If it swears okay listen to it
If it lies okay heed it
If to heed it is okay lie about it
If it lusts okay copy it
If it flies okay shoot it down
If it doesn't fly okay blow it up
If it works okay break it
If it doesn't work okay blame someone else for it
If it breaks okay destroy it
If it doesn't break okay destroy everything around it
If it destroys okay give it to a child."
What is okay? - What does God say?
©1998 Lionel Hartley
