Given the chace

Given the chance, I'd fly away
like a bottle green balloon,
glistening in the sun
perfect and round.

Given the chance, I'd buy
the largest piece of chalk ever
and draw a single, continous line
around every metre of pavement in Petersham.

Given the chance, I'd always eat
mango, blueberry and kiwi fruit
on a bed of crunchy meringue
drizzled with cream

Given the chance, I'd enter
every competition on the Lifestyle Channel
and own every Nigella cookbook
and novelty apron available.

Given the chance, I'd borrow every
issue of Frankie, Notebook and The New Yorker
from Leichhardt Library
and never return them.

Given the chance, I'd wear
only stripes, horizontal,
and always French-style
with a neckerchief and beret.

Given the chance, I'd work out
what's stopping me.

What about you?

*Photo by Marlen Chen on flickr