What is the meaning of the poem? I think its to celebrate diversity but i'm

Question:#22

crazy
to be alive in such a strange
world
with the band playing schmaltz
in the classic bandshell
and the people
on the benches under the clipped trees
and girls
on the grass
and the breeze blowing and the
streamers
streaming
and a fat man with a graflex
and a dark woman with a dark dog she called
Lucia
and a cat on a leash
and a pekinese with a blond baby
and a cuban in a fedora
and a bunch of boys posing for a group
picture
and just then
while the band went right on playing
schmaltz
a midget ran past shouting and waving his hat
at someone
and a young man with a gay campaignbutton
came up and said
Are you by any chance a registered
DEMOCRAT?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: #22

crazy
to be alive in such a strange
world
with the band playing schmaltz
in the classic bandshell
and the people
on the benches under the clipped trees
and girls
on the grass
and the breeze blowing and the
streamers
streaming
and a fat man with a graflex
and a dark woman with a dark dog she called
Lucia
and a cat on a leash
and a pekinese with a blond baby
and a cuban in a fedora
and a bunch of boys posing for a group
picture
and just then
while the band went right on playing
schmaltz
a midget ran past shouting and waving his hat
at someone
and a young man with a gay campaignbutton
came up and said
Are you by any chance a registered
DEMOCRAT?

thats the first thing i thought of... i think poems can have several different meanings though and it is going to be different for every person that reads it.. and the author can have a completly different view on it than the readers will... his or her view could even change on what the meaning is over time, or the next time they read it... diversity is definetly the message that i got from it though.

ask them

dude its basically saying that this country is going to crap if we hire a black dude or a woman to be president.

people are so afraid of change.

i agree w/ u

i think it means, look at what we have become. a world where it does not matter who you are on the outside, but only who you are on the inside. be proud of what you are, and try things that don't mix well, always go out there. make a life style choice or just except you and paint the canvas your colors...