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—for Ta-rum-pah-pum-pump—
This earth
is a package
wrapped in tissue.
Stars
glitter and drift
in its globe.
Hold it
and ask why
it feels so small.
Shake it
and worry
it will break.
Put it
back under
the tree.
Believe in
this gift
you don’t know.
David Feela writes a monthly column for The Four Corners Free Press and for The Durango Telegraph. A poetry chapbook, Thought Experiments, won the Southwest Poet Series. His first full length poetry book The Home Atlas appeared in 2009. His new book of essays How Delicate These Arches released through Raven's Eye Press, has been chosen as a finalist for the Colorado Book Award.