Billy Collins Adaptation

What scene would I rather be enveloped in
than this one
an ordinary day at work
as the worms continue along their paths and
the birds remain in flight?

I see the leaves fall
through the sky as the clouds rumble
and tumble, not in a threatening
manner, simply to remind me
that they are there.

It gives me time to think
about my lunch and how
unlike the bird or the worm
I did not fend others off for my sandwich or
for my bag of barbecue-flavored
chips, I bought them. The only
questing that took place was withing my mind: Turkey
or Tuna? the chips I grabbed
as a last minute thought, did not take
hours to discover, only a short
drive to the corner market.

Outside of this room
there is a world of unimaginable
size and inspiration.  A place
where animals must forage and fight for their
place in life.  but I am not part
of it.  I am part of the corner store
foragers.  In a world of infinite size
I do not test the waters.  I eat
my sandwich and my chips and try
my best not to disturb the waters
of our indescribable world.