It's a Good Thing I'm Not In Charge Here
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                    --Evi Seidman--

It's a good thing I'm not in charge here.
I could never have thought of a pine cone
Or a pomegranate or a porcupine,
And even if I'd thought of one, how on earth
Would I have engineered a comet
Or organized life in a pond,
And where would I have found the energy
To make each and every snowflake diffrent
(It's more like me to come up
With a mold, and crank 'em out)
And it's not like me at all to finish up
An entire mountain range, then go back
And carefully touch up with tiny forests of moss
On the north side of every stone.
I've got a pretty good head for details
But it does seem likely that I'd have
Left off the dots on a ladybug's back,
And neglected to tie in each and every
Strand of silk to every kernel
Of every ear of corn;
Why, I lived in a house for two years
Before I hung curtains in the bedroom--
I'd probably never get around
To making a waterfall.