think outside the cubicle
think outside the square house
think outside the rectangular flat-screen
think outside the box-shaped car
outside thE biG-boX storE
literally stand outside the store
and think
 
think more than because you are recycling
a cardboard box that you are saving the rainforest
 
think more than because you travel with a metal thermos
you are cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
and the North Atlantic Garbage Patch
 
once outside the box
think of a circle, a spiral, the many ways
that tree branches curve and angle the flight
patterns of birds the curve of fingers
as you type or hold a cylindrical glass of
water is life
 
let sleeping dogs dream
let remorse disappear like snow
on a 50 degree day in January
let bygones be bygones
let gonzo journalism live
let’s not make so many deals
 
do not open Pandora’s box again
i repeat DO NOT OPEN Pandora’s box again
“leave crude oil in the soil
coal in the hole and tar sands in the land”
 
ask the grass before you cut it
ask the seed before you plant it
ask the tree if it is ready to stop being a tree
before you make your 2x4s
 
when i find myself in times of trouble
Mother Earth she comes to me
speaking non-verbal languages
“Let it be”