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If We Had No Moon

If we had no Moon

the face of the Earth would be covered in water,

the sky airless and hot.

If we had no Moon

tides would not have yanked the fishes from the sea,

legs would not have thought to sprout,

If we had no Moon

our gods would have been greatly diminished,

and our stars forced to travel the night sky without companion.

If we had no Moon

Humanity would not have bravely taken that small step,

leaping off the edge of our netless earth into space.

If we had no moon

then last Tuesday evening would not have been crisp,

crickets and frogs would not have harmonized quietly in the yard.

If we had no Moon

I would never have been able to see your face quite so clearly

as I knelt on your father’s porch,

watching you place my future back into its felt box,

hand it to me with a chilling caress of your finger

on the back of my arm and tell me

‘I'm sorry, no.’

copyright John Borneman. Do not copy or use this poem without permission!

published in Star*Line (July 2007), Tipton Poetry Journal, 2009