Whiz

Do not imagine how it ought to be
Except to help you manage how it is.
That's not to say don't wish, don't hope, don't see
The better world: the cheese to our cheese whiz.
But to insist the cheese whiz you possess
Is edible, and still a tasty treat.
It will not help to whinily obsess
Upon the cheese you wish you had to eat.
Plan shopping better in the future? Sure!
Feel free to keep your fridge stocked up with cheese
But while you do that, do not then demure
From letting what you have right now still please.
The aging cheddar of a brighter day
Should not destroy the pleasure of cheese spray.

Union

We cannot grow our worlds in petri dishes
Each individual and set apart.
No more can we determine them by wishes
As needs no telling to a broken heart.
We live together in a common space
A culture we both constitute and share
(Although it would be false upon the face
To claim we all are thus made equal there).
Within this common world, make common cause
For only we together can make change:
Our social rules are not eternal laws
And though mere wishes may not rearrange
Our world, collective common action can
And has, since first this common world began.