might be a good time
to practice
picturing some truly
ponderous objects—
red giant
stars and their requisite
planets, for instance;
or maybe the jagged
enormity of Everest
and majestic jade sprawl
of a distant
Mount St. Helens;
or perhaps, the deluxe
Frigidaire side-
by-side refrigerator
humming reliably
away in the corner
of your shoebox
apartment on the
29th floor—because
without a little effort
and advance preparation,
when it counts most,
it may prove too
difficult to imagine
that, in order for everything
to exist as it is,
all of it
first must get
lifted
into place.
