I f
the earth were only a
few feet in diameter,
floating a
few feet
above a
field somewhere,
people would
come from
everywhere to
marvel at
it. People
would walk
around it
marveling at
its big
pools of
water, its little
pools and
the water
flowing between
the pools.
People
would marvel
at the bumps
on it, and
the
holes
in it, and
they would
marvel at the
very thin
layer of gas
surrounding it
and the
water suspended in
the gas.
The people
would marvel
at all the
creatures
walking around
the surface of
the ball, and
in the water.
The people
would declare it
precious because it
was the
only one
and they would
protect it so
that it would not
be
hurt. The
ball would
be the
greatest wonder
known,
and people would
come to
behold it, to be
healed, to gain
knowledge,
to know
beauty and
wonder how it
could be.
People would love it,
and defend it
with their
lives, because they
would some
how know
that their lives,
their own roundness, could
be nothing
without it.
If the earth were
only a
few feet in
d i a m e t e r. |
Special thanks to John McConnell,
Founder of Earth Day, for this submission.
January 2000
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