"The Pedestal, and Ode to Love and Beauty", 1970 by Michael F. Nyiri

If I had a pedestal,
A large, white marble pedestal,
I'd place my mother on it,
For the whole, wide world to see.

If I had a pedestal,
A big and glossy pedestal.
I'd put my father, and house on too,
And that would really please me.

My pedestal would tower high;
And every person that passed by,
Would see it and my family.
They'd smile as they passed by it.

Someday I'll have a pedestal.
A taller, grander pedestal.
I'll put my friends upon it,
And my love, and all I own.

I do not have a pedestal.
So I cannot honor anyone,
By placing them on my pedestal,
But still my love is sown.

If I had a pedestal,
A large, white marble pedestal.
I'd place my mother on it,
For the whole, wide world to see.