JUST IN CASE

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JUST IN CASE

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I was folding laundry and was down to the handkerchiefs

Ready to be done with the laundry (which still had to be put away)

I folded the last handkerchief quickly, unevenly

I went to put the laundry away but a thought popped into my mind

If a butterfly flapping its wings in Argentina

Could ultimately affect the fate of the world

Might my messy hanky do the same?

Could I make the world better if I folded it neatly?

I didn't know, I still don't know

But on the chance, I went back and folded it perfectly

Neat and square

I felt pride in my accomplishment, small as it was

Perhaps the triumph of order over chaos

I try to stay on the right side, the safe side

Of whatever invisible forces governs all the minute details

Tiny drops of good faith effort becoming titanic forces, a mighty flow

Of order and harmony we all need to live peacefully and well.

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