266. Outside Atlanta Cancer Center - Katie Farris

Three Men Walking, Alberto Giacometti (c. 1950)/via Getty

I return to this point of wonder:

what kind of animal began to stand
on such small feet? And only two?
What vertical absurdity!
What upright madness!

Perhaps we were imitating the trees—
lifting our arms,
wishing for roots—
and then forgot to set ourselves back down on our four, more
								rational feet—

Our longing grew our fingers longer,
twigs into branches—
for if you long hard enough,
do you not find fruit
in your palms?

I return to this point of wonder.
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- Katie Farris

Prompt

Write about something that you find wondrous. Something strange, beautiful, unlikely, or all of the above. If you’d like, use this as an entry point: “I return to this point of wonder.”