For once on the face of the Earthlet’s not speak in any language,let’s stop for one second,and not move our arms so much.It would be an exotic momentwithout rush, without engines,we would all be togetherin a sudden strangeness.
initiate a conversation between the poet and the readers.
invite readers as part of the poem’s larger call to humanity.
welcome readers into the world of the poem and its subject.
address readers as fellow members of the human race.