Easy Go
You are standing on a precipice over
a vast chasm. You are holding an emerald
the size of a lime. You need to adjust your
uncomfortable underwear. A hawk soars
straight at you, perches on your head and
starts preening. You say aloud to yourself,
what next, as if by just saying it, you might
cause it not to happen. But no, here’s
a cloud that looks like an elephant
mounting a rhinoceros. You grow dizzy
looking at it. You lose your balance.
You start to fall. The hawk flies off.
You reach down to adjust your
underwear. You drop the emerald.