If Sylvia Plath Had Been on Facebook
by Rosemary Freedman
If Sylvia
Plath had been on Facebook
And Columbus
had GPS
And
Einstein had a laptop
They
might have googled each other
Or become
friends—
And
Columbus could have picked up Sylvia
With her
mussed up hair—
Wishing
she looked like Gwyneth Paltrow
And had
free tickets to Coldplay
He might
have reached under her arms
And
dragged her to his boat
Her heels
digging in as he dragged her
Like the
wicked witches feet sticking from
Under the
house—
Under the
house—
Sylvia
was there once too.
He might
have dragged her to a boat
Where
Einstein waited patiently
With his
laptop
And they
could have Mapquested
To
somewhere peaceful
Where
poems are all understood
And
discovered together
With the
GPS
That the
world is indeed flat.
About Rosemary
Freedman: “I am educated with a BA in Creative Writing
and Literature from IU and also have a BS in Nursing, as well as master’s level
degrees and work as a nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist. I am
married and have seven children. I enjoy writing, photography, reading and
gardening.”