The best thing that the eyes could do; was to stare
indefatigably into free space; relentlessly admire the
mesmerizing treasures of this earth,

The best thing that the feet could do; was to walk
tirelessly on the path leading towards victory,

The best thing that the flower could do; was to
disseminate its aroma as far and wide as the world
existed,

The best thing that the clouds could do; was to pelt
down furiously; gargantuan droplets of rain,

The best thing that the tongue could do; was to move
vivaciously in the chamber of the throat and produce
sound,

The best thing that the birds could do; was to spread
their wings to wide angles; and then sweep buoyantly
across the sky,

The best thing that the soil could do; was to
proliferate millions of grains; evolve all the food
which was necessary for existence,

The best thing that the scorpion could do; was to
viciously swish its hideous fangs; and lethally
strike,

The best thing that the snow could do; was to melt at
lightening speeds under the celestial sun; and thereby
cascade down the mountain in rivulets of sweet water,

The best thing that the sea could do; was to rise high
and swirling towards the sky; impetuously crash its
massive assemblage of froth on the chain of
scintillating rocks,

The best thing that the sun could do; was to sizzle
darkened areas on this planet with its brilliant
shine,

The best thing that the dolphins could do; was to leap
acrobatically in the ocean; add vibrancy and color to
the otherwise pallid atmosphere,

The best thing that the telephone could do; was to
passionately ring; portray the voice of the person
opposite; crisp and crystal clear,

The best thing that the mosquito could do; was to
hover pertinently in the vicinity of the eardrum;
suckle ripe and youthful blood,

The best thing that the shirt could do; was to
completely engulf the bare chest; sequester it from
bizarre cold and shivering,

The best thing that the owl could do; was to keep
awake all night; prudently watch the activities going
on; without uttering the slightest,

The best thing that the gutter could do; was to
accumulate tones of fetid sewage; diffuse a stench
more obnoxious than the pig,

The best thing that the frog could do; was to
gleefully skip around; croak discordantly to pollute
the mystical ambience around,

The best thing that the poet could do; was to pen down
infinite lines of enchanting verse,

The best thing that the stars shining in the cosmos
could do; was to illuminate every person's fading
night,

The best thing that the child could do; was to
incessantly play; bang its innocent wrists demandingly
into its mothers belly,

The best thing that the dog could do; was to bark
vigilantly; petrify the ominous assailants to the last
bone of their spine,

The best thing that the shoe could do; was to
indiscriminately trample all that it tread upon,

The best thing that the pen could do; was chisel
intricate calligraphy; emboss the surface of bonded
paper with exquisite literature,

The best thing that the ball could do; was to bounce
as soon as it struck the hard floor,

The best thing that the candle could do; was to
profoundly brighten the atmosphere with its escalating
flames,

The best thing that the spider could do; was to ooze
out sticky juice from its body; spin silken threads of
its web in a matter of seconds,

The best thing that the glue could do; was to stick
parchments of dispersed paper into a complete and
single sheet,

The best thing that the binocular could do; was to
facilitate the evanescent tip of the mountain to
appear like a gas balloon,

The best thing that the king could do; was to
judiciously govern his empire; drown himself into the
aisles of uninhibited wine and pleasure,

The best thing that the wall clock could do; was to
keep ticking all day and night; move its hands
tirelessly in round circles to depict accurate time,

The best thing that the eraser could do; was to scrap
across jumbled lines of dirt; magically transform the
paper with a hundred blemishes into one; sparkling and
brand new,

The best thing that the mind could do; was to keep
fantasizing; perceive the most exotic; spinning in
countless different directions; even while in deep
sleep,

The best thing that the lips could do; was to stretch
themselves freely; smile and kiss,

The best thing that the muscles could do; was to swell
themselves into a perfect curve; and forcefully punch
the air,

The best thing that the key could do; was to
dexterously break open through the mechanism of the
iron lock,

The best thing that the diamond ring could do; was to
amicably occupy a place on the engagement finger,

The best thing that the matchstick could do; was to
ignite the entire warehouse; into a blazing ball of
flames,

The best thing that the rope could do; was to hoist
the pail of water from the unfathomable depths of the
well,

The best thing that the towel could do; was
scrupulously scrub all the dirt and water adhering to
the skin; metamorphosing an unruly devil into an
angel,
The best thing that the tortoise could do; was to
recede its neck back into its cozy shell; and live for
a thousand years,

The best thing that the fountain could do; was to
catapult high in the air; shower all across into
boundless droplets of delectable froth,

The best thing that the scissors could do; was to
articulately chisel shapes through cloth and paper;
chop all unnecessary bits extruding out extravagantly,

The best thing that the worms could do; was to glow
radiantly at night; while pertinently trespassing
through the jungle,

The best thing that the saliva could do; was to rot
after being spat on the ground; decay all palpable
life in proximity; capsizing it in the wrath of
disease,

The best thing that the drapery could do; was to
sequester the castle from sweltering heat; ensure that
the shadows lingered longer in acrimonious summer,

The best thing that the calculator could do; was to
decipher enigmatic sums of arithmetic; evolve
solutions to the most mind-boggling of puzzles,

The best thing that the toothbrush could do; was to
poignantly caress the armory of teeth; extricate the
last bit of dirt stuck in their cavity,

The best thing that the mouse could do; was to nibble
gaping holes into the silken floss of cloth,

The best thing that the coffin could do; was to house
the dead; impart heavenly peace to those tragically
bereaved,

The best thing that the businessman could do; was
spend hours on the floor of the stock market; adroitly
contemplating the prices of rising and falling shares,

The best thing that the heart could do; was palpitate
thunderously; romancing every instant of life,

And the best thing that a human could do; was to love
till the time he lived; try and embody the same in
each entity he confronted or was about to encounter…


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