If.

If I had not lost my camera

I would give you the gleam of oak covered by childrens piano books

a shimmer of silk and wool dotted with pearls

a finch’s bright orange beak at dawn.

If I had not lost my camera

you would have the tenderest small tomato plant

green against black vivid in the sun

If I had not lost my camera

there would be two small girls sitting under a tree

heads together holding

a funeral for a caterpillar

If I had not lost my camera

I could offer you the flutter of ribbons

against the sky of May Day.

This is what you would see

what I could give to you

If I had not lost my camera.

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