To Save the World
\nby
\nRadiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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Loons on the unbroken lake inhale the early
\nmorning mist through slits carved in their sharp, black bills,
\nturning it into fluttering otherworldly cries,<\/p>\n
the deep pink little flowers near the shore welcome
\nthe occasional teasing yellow swallowtail, and
\nthunder grumbles something unintelligible as<\/p>\n
a screen door slams from somewhere across the lake
\nand children yell and run around looking for those
\ninner tubes that go on their arms so they can jump<\/p>\n
into the lake before it rains. I once asked a kindergartner
\nwhat they wanted to be when they grow up
\nand they said smiling: \u201cA firetruck!\u201d<\/p>\n
And anyway, a dragonfly has landed at the end
\nof the dock after long moments of tracing circles
\nin the air, and the reflection of the treeline<\/p>\n
on the dark water is a stroke of genius, but I don\u2019t
\nwant to sing unending hymns of praise, and I don\u2019t
\nthink anything wants me to either, but dang it–<\/p>\n
the morning is altogether dreamlike and the dragonfly
\nhas disappeared and so have the loons, and all
\nthat\u2019s left are the children shrieking and splashing<\/p>\n
and floating through the slow passing of time, and somewhere,
\nway across and through the trees, I hear a firetruck
\ndriving fast and wailing, with a purpose to save the world.<\/p>\n
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