God Answers Prayer (or: The Butterfly Effect, Revisited)

I have heard you
whining about your fate lately,
and let me just say this:

the only thing
worth knowing
about that butterfly
who ruined your life
from 10,000 miles away

is that butterfly wings
are frequently lovely
and your life
has not been so far,
despite my considerable help…
so,
if I had swatted the butterfly,
how exactly
would we be better off?
What would you have done
differently
with your improved atmosphere?

When you can answer that
with something more than
a stammered metaphor,

then we can talk.