Marilyn Ackerman
Inspiration piece
What If?
By Elizabeth Steinglass
Response
What if the Earth
was small
as a beach ball,
light enough to toss and catch
and tuck in your lap?
What if it was
so small
a butterfly could hover
over continents?
What if we could see
our globe’s white poles dissolving
into pools of blue that nibble
at the edges of green and brown puzzle pieces,
smoke rising from pinpricks,
storms swirling above the surface,
all at once in front of us?
What if we
were as large as gods,
as wise as farmers?
What would we do
with this tossable ball
in our hands?
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