If You Could

if you could read
my mind

you might run

like a child startled
by barking dogs

or sit down on
cool grass

watching ships
float by

if you could read
my mind

you might laugh out loud

or stomp your feet
or scream and pout

if you could read
my mind

you might strike out

to defend against
unfamiliar thoughts

curl up in the
fetal position

hide
under the bed

peek
through the curtains

if you could read
my mind

you might follow me
to distant lands

or wave goodbye

if you could read
my mind

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