What if

Online dictionary

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/adapt_1?q=adapt

by jim averbeck


An egg is not a baby bird, but it will become one


except if
it becomes a baby snake  who will slither along the ground on its belly


except if
it is a baby lizard who will scurry up the wall on sticky feet and eat flies


except if
it grows into a dinosaur who will stand as high as the hills (and eat whatever it wants)


except if
it is a fossil whose jaws will form a craggy cliff ledge, sharp and bare,


except if
it shelters a soft, downy nest that will rest empty between rocky teeth


except if
it is spring, when it will cradle a pale blue egg, which will not necessarily become a baby bird


except if it does.