This is what you can do now

                                                                                   for Dan

With this software

You can add or erase cities

From the map.

You can improve the weather, 

Play with the quality of light,

Alter the rate at which ice melts in the heart.

You can redistribute the planet’s resources,

Point rivers into deserts,

Arrange for massive rescues

Of the untouched and lonely.

You can open borders

And unite divided peoples,

Pull islands from the path of hurricanes

Sign peace treaties for both sides

And fill in empty spaces with love.

You can grow mangos anywhere you damn please.

You can assign names

To sea horses,

Scars and raindrops,

To the minutes of the day.

And get to know them all,

Individuals that they are.

This is what you can do now.

                                                                        -- Panama, October 20, 2005