I wish I could save the world with one keystroke
Delete carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Duplicate animals and plants from endangered species
Paste forests over mutilated landscapes

I wish I could Command-Z all of our mistakes
Unbleach the corals
Unacidify the oceans
Unmelt the glaciers
Undeplete the soil

I wish I could save the world in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS
With the urgency italicized and underlined
Even though I know it’s obnoxious
And kind of overkill

I wish I could save the world with a Photoshop brush
Paint over bad layers
And convert grayscale to color

A YEARs-LONG CREATIVE EXPLORATION OF THE CLIMATE THROUGH 100-WORD STORIES • WEEK 10