When you go to the parallel reality
for the first time in your life
what you expect to see is
cleaner air, better infrastructure,
and all of those general things
that have big impact on society,
but little impact on your life.

In fact, it's the other way around.

What you find there is
an exact copy of yourself,
which definitely has what
you have been missing.

They stayed in that low-paying
but beloved job, taking care
of their tomato garden,
playing bridge with neighbors,
and sharing turkey with relatives,
those dead ones in your world
and those unborn.

This is why it is forbidden
to look for ourselves in a parallel world.
But we never listen.
We never listen.